Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 23 | Page 29

INFOGRAPHIC “This ESRA report pointed out that impersonation attacks continue to menace all types of organisations, but I think the real issue is that there are tens of thousands of email-borne threats successfully able to bypass the email security systems that organisations’ have in place, effectively leaving them vulnerable and putting a lot of pressure on their employees to discern malicious emails,” said Joshua Douglas, Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Mimecast. “Cybercriminals will always look for new ways to bypass traditional defences and fool users. “This means the industry must focus their efforts on investing in research and development, unified integrations and making it easier for users to be part of security defences, driving resilience against evolving attacks.” Mimecast produces quarterly ESRA reports to offer organisations insights on the rise of new types of email-borne threats and key trends in malicious email campaigns. n “ THE INDUSTRY MUST FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON INVESTING IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, UNIFIED INTEGRATIONS AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR USERS TO BE PART OF SECURITY DEFENCES. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 29