SC 52: Protecting Against Targeted Corporate Email Attacks

Published: April 27, 2015, 4:40 p.m.

More than 90 percent of enterprise security problems are reportedly caused by malicious email.

The number of corporate spear phishing attacks is growing. It isn’t a matter of if an employee will click on a malicious email, voicemail, or efax etc. but a matter of when.

Blocking, detecting and responding to phishing, spear phishing and other email-based attacks is now a fundamental enterprise security requirement.  

And looming large on the horizon are attacks launched via social media. In fact, according to security vendor Proofpoint, last year 1 out of every 5 large enterprise brands on Twitter with an apparent account did not actually belong to the brand.

In this sponsored podcast Security Current’s Vic Wheatman speaks with Kevin Epstein, Vice President of Advanced Security and Governance with Proofpoint about combatting today’s advanced targeted attacks.