The New Era of Email Security: the power of Identity Protection in Secure Email Gateway systems

In the digital age, where cybercriminals are increasingly targeting personal and corporate identities, it is of paramount importance to protect the privacy of our employees and customers - especially when communicating via email. This is where Secure Email Gateway (SEG) solutions provide essential protection, going far beyond filtering spam and malware to form a true digital line of defence.

Why is Identity Protection vital today?

Traditional email filters are no longer sufficient. Attacks are becoming more sophisticated and targeted in an attempt to bypass defences. Digital identity protection is a capability that detects and stops deceptive messages from seemingly trustworthy sources - whether internal or external.

Key protection features:

• Business Email Compromise (BEC) protection: fraudsters often send deceptive emails on behalf of executives, partners or suppliers to defraud money or data. SEG systems help to detect these scams in time.
• Preventing account takeover: Phishing emails are often aimed at obtaining login credentials. A compromised account poses a serious security risk to the entire system.
• Protecting brand reputation: Attackers often spoof company names and branding to deceive partners or customers. A reliable SEG system stops these attempts.
• Enhancing trust and security: if the email is from who it appears to be, all digital communication becomes more secure.

How does this work in practice?

Advanced Secure Email Gateway solutions provide identity protection through the following technologies:

• Advanced impersonation detection: artificial intelligence and machine learning are used to analyse sender behaviour, mail content and domain authenticity to filter out fake attempts.
• Anomaly detection: Detect unusual sending patterns or communication style changes that may indicate a compromised account.
• Anti-domain tampering protection: using authentication protocols (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) to prevent anyone from using your company's domain without authorization.

Summary

Don't let a well-disguised email put your organisation at risk! The identity protection features of Secure Email Gateway systems are now a must-have for any company that values the security of its customers and employees - and doesn't want to take any risks.

Invest in prevention - because trust is the foundation of every digital relationship.