Email: Today’s No. 1 Cyberthreat Vector
Email: Today’s No. 1 Cyberthreat Vector The greatest cyberthreat to your organization’s IT infrastructure is lurking in your email inbox or your employees’ email inboxes. Even as other methods of communication have grown, email continues to see strong use, not just as an interpersonal communication tool, but as a business tool as well. Number of Worldwide Email Users Radicati and Statista estimated that in 2017, the number of worldwide email users reached 3.7 billion – half of the world’s population. This number is set to grow to 4.1 billion users in 2021, according to the 2 organizations. Radicati, in particular, estimated that in 2017, the total number of consumer and business emails received and sent each day reached 269 billion. According to Proofpoint, 91% of targeted cyberattacks start with email.…