While more than 80% of entities expect intrusions — particularly phishing, data theft, and zero-day malware attacks, to hold steady or increase over the next year — more than half of respondents continue to believe the non-malicious nature of email messages and attachments by default, an analysis from OPSWAT revealed. “With the level of threat posed by email attacks expected to increase over the next 12 months, critical infrastructure organizations intent on strengthening their email security posture must take a dramatic approach that emphasizes prevention and preclusion of email-borne threats,”

Source: SC Magazine