Security News > 2022 > April > Most Email Security Approaches Fail to Block Common Threats

On overwhelming number of security teams believe their email security systems to be ineffective against the most serious inbound threats, including ransomware.

"Security team managers are most concerned that current email security solutions do not block serious inbound threats, which requires time for response and remediation by the security team before dangerous threats are triggered by users," according to the report, released Wednesday.

Less than half of those surveyed said that their organizations can block delivery of email threats.

Half of organizations are now using an automated email client plug-in for users to report suspicious email messages for analysis by trained security professionals, up from 37 percent in a 2019 survey.

Security operations center analysts, email administrators, and an email security vendor or service provider are the groups most commonly handling these reports, although 78 percent of organizations notify two or more groups.

User training on email threats is now offered in most companies, the survey found: More than 99 percent of organizations offer training at least annually, and one in seven organizations offer email security training monthly or more frequently.

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https://threatpost.com/email-security-fail-block-threats/179370/