Email security is a critical aspect of protecting your business, as cyber criminals often try to hack your email accounts, commonly via phishing emails to trick users into divulging their credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ensuring strong email security is not just advisable\u2014it’s essential. Within emails there may be; personal conversations, business negotiations, financial information, and even password reset links that all pass through our email accounts. A single compromised email account can lead to identity theft, financial loss, and severe breaches of privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To reduce the chances of your email being hacked, it\u2019s crucial to implement a robust email filtering system (SPAM) to prevent such emails from entering your main inbox. You should also enable two-factor authentication (2FA) to add an extra layer of security by requiring a second form of verification (like a text message code or authentication app) in addition to your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s also important to educate employees<\/a> about the dangers of email threats and how they can identify potential phishing attempts. A significant majority of cyberattacks, 91%<\/a> originate from phishing emails, underscoring the importance of robust email security measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If a phishing scam or breach is successful, you should have a clear plan<\/a> to respond efficiently to a cyber security incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For further guidance on keeping your email system secure, please contact <\/strong>enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To stay\u00a0updated<\/a>\u00a0on the latest cyber security news and access a wealth of resources, sign up for our\u00a0free core membership.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Email security is a critical aspect of protecting your business, as cyber criminals often try to hack your email accounts, commonly via phishing emails to trick…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}