Security News > 2021 > March > Data is most at risk on email, with 83% of organizations experiencing email data breaches

Key insights 95% of IT leaders believe that client and company data is at risk on email.

Data is most at risk on email, with 83% of organizations experiencing email data breaches.

24% of email data breach incidents were caused by an employee sharing data in error.

85% of employees are sending more emails due to remote working, heightening the risk of an email data breach.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 85% of employees reported sending more emails, increasing the surface area for risk when it comes to an outbound email data breach.

"Egress CEO Tony Pepper comments,"It's clear to see that legacy DLP tools are no longer fit for purpose; they're difficult to use and because they can't take people's behavior into consideration, they're limited in their ability to mitigate the rising tide of email data breaches in this new world of remote working.

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