Impersonation vs. Phishing: What's the Difference and Are You Vulnerable?
According to industry experts, “91% of all cyber-attacks start with a phish”. As email is the primary business messaging format with 270 Billion emails sent every day, 50%+ are some sort of spam, phishing or spoofed mail. It is important to note that Spoofing, more specifically impersonation, dramatically increased in 2021. Impersonation of business domain based email (CEO@business.com) to trick vendors, associates and internal staff into scams of all forms have proven to be the source of a rising number of security incidences.
Email Authentication to the rescue. Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) is a internet wide standard that provides protection and is recommended to be enforced by industry security leaders and the Federal Government. Ask your IT Support staff or Managed Service Provider to enforce DMARC asap.
“How To Protect Your Business” by Federal Trade Commission
“Use email authentication - When you set up your business’s email, make sure the email provider offers email authentication technology…”
“Keep your security up to date”
“Train your staff”
Statistics from FTC, Microsoft and Valimail. Learn More