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Gartner Insights for Blocking BEC Phishing Attacks
SEGs alone can’t do it. Learn how to defend against the most sophisticated BEC phishing with critical technologies and processes.
We believe Gartner’s latest “Protecting Against Business Email Compromise Phishing” report provides security and risk management leaders with guidance on:
- Different BEC phishing categories and their detection challenges domains and more
- Protecting internal users from BEC attacks
- Minimizing the risk to suppliers and customers
- Upgrading to modern email security tools to mitigate BEC phishing
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Protecting Against Business Email Compromise Phishing, Mark Harris, Ravisha Chugh, Ant Allan, 19 March 2020
“BEC attacks increased by nearly 100% in 2019; through 2023 they’re predicted to keep doubling every year”
Why do BEC phishing attacks keep outsmarting conventional defenses?
Gartner explains BEC’s sophisticated social engineering — such as using a trusted executive’s name to manipulate employees and enable payroll diversion or hijack partner emails. Read about why content inspection and SEGs alone fail to stop BEC ambushes.
To ensure the most effective anti-BEC protection, we are confident Gartner’s recommendations include upgrading to cloud email security solutions (CESS) focused on phishing and BEC to prevent account takeovers.
