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Cyber Security: Why you should have email filtering.
The number of SPAM, junk and phishing emails we receive each day is at the highest level that I can remember…. and I have been providing IT services for over 30 years! It’s a global problem and we are here to help you to protect your brand and company information.
Small businesses face significant cyber threats, with over 90% of cyberattacks originating from email, and phishing being the leading cause of breaches. These attacks often exploit vulnerabilities through malicious URLs, compromised accounts, or malware attachments, leading to serious consequences like account takeover and data loss. The increasing sophistication, including the use of AI in attacks, means traditional defences are struggling to keep pace.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers a comprehensive, multi-layered defence against these threats (at a very resonable cost!):
- Anti-phishing policies leverage AI and mailbox intelligence to combat impersonation and detect fraudulent senders and domains, learning normal communication patterns to identify unusual behaviour.
- Safe Links protects against malicious URLs by rewriting them and performing time-of-click checks, preventing users from accessing dangerous sites even if a link becomes malicious after delivery.
- Safe Attachments detonates unknown malware in a secure virtual environment, providing zero-day protection for email attachments. It can use Dynamic Delivery to minimise delays, delivering the email body while attachments are scanned.
- Furthermore, Zero-Hour Auto Purge (ZAP) can retroactively remove malicious emails from inboxes if they are later identified as threats.
This integrated solution, building on Exchange Online Protection’s anti-spam capabilities, significantly reduces email-borne risks and helps small businesses maintain a secure email environment.
We already have this solution rolled out and setup for the majority of our customers, this is also the solution that we choose to use ourselves so we are confident in it’s effectiveness and reliability as part of an overall cyber security solution.
Whether you’re a small team or a growing business, it’s never been more important to take cyber security seriously. If you would like to increase your companies defences against the most common type of cyber attack, please get in touch so that we can assist you.
We are ofering a free 1 month trial of this filtering service for any of our IT support customers. Contact us today to book your review and take the first step toward stronger protection for your business.
📞 Call us on 01943 666711
📧 Or email: info@cactus-it.co.uk