What is Email Security, And Why Do You Need To Be Really Careful About It?
Did you know that emails can be intercepted and the contents manipulated, modified and forwarded back to the intended recipient without you even knowing about it? Sounds frightening, doesn't it? Email security, Protecting my messages, Peace of mind restored Your recipient would not know that this has happened and would not question the apparently odd request to pay the invoice into a different bank account from usual, because even the attached invoice was over-written with the new bank details. The first anybody would know of such an incident is when the original supplier is chasing the invoice (that the customer thinks they have paid). This is the first time the tampering of said email will be discovered. In 2022, the estimated loss per business was on average, £4,200 and a total UK loss, estimated at £27 Billion. Even worse, it is estimated, to remedy a breach/cyberattack of this nature costs around £21,000. It's not just the financial loss to both parties (the supplier and customer) that is in question, but also reputational damage to the party whose emails have been compromised can be at stake. Customers receiving an invoice should be wary of requests | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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