Phishing Attacks

What do you need to know?

How does it work?Phishing uses fraudulent emails to trick people into giving attackers personal info or gaining system access. An estimated 68% of all emails traffic contains malicious, potentially dangerous content.The most dangerous type is spear phishing, where emails are tailored for their targets using public information. 45% of all cyber security incidents are caused by staff clicking on attachments or links sent via emails. One click is all it takes for malicious content to infect a network and target vital company IT infrastructure.

"The average cost of a successful phishing attack to an Australian business is $23,209"

– PWC – Global Economic Crime Survey 2014

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More than 100 billion corporate emails are exchanged every day. Email has become a prime vehicle for cyber attacks. Businesses need a security solution that can:

Protect from advanced email attacks
Provide continuous analysis and retrospective security
Perform dynamic malware analysis
Provide stronger network defence
Protect from blended attacks caused by multiple threat vectors

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What can you do?

The frontline defence in repelling phishing attacks are email security applications. Cisco Email Security inspects more than 200 email attributes to determine legitimacy and block suspicious messages.
Cisco Outbreak Filters quarantine suspicious, possibly toxic incoming and outgoing messages until they can be verified across multiple antivirus databases.
Phishing attacks, and their origins, change constantly. Your protection needs to be dynamic and forever updating. The cyber intelligence team at Cisco’s Talos seamlessly updates Email Security every three to five minutes with the latest threats. The Talos intelligence network monitors 75 TB of web data a day, providing 1.5 million threat samples a day to Cisco security products.

Add on software:

Advanced Malware protection: Stop ransomware and malware. AMP for Email Security adds advanced threat capabilities and outbound protection.

Data loss prevention: Protect outbound email. Keep intellectual property, financial information, and other confidential and sensitive files safer. More about DLP here.

Cisco Registered Envelope Service: Keep your email highly secure and confidential. Encrypt outgoing messages with cloud-based key storage encryption. Learn how.

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