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1 of every 4 companies suffered at least one email security breach, Hornetsecurity survey finds

1 of every 4 companies suffered at least one email security breach, Hornetsecurity survey finds

Email security is one of the main topics of concern for any IT department, and for good reason. Security breaches often lead to loss of sensitive data, operation downtime, and lost revenue. So we conducted an email security survey of 420+ businesses, and found that 23% of them, or 1 in 4, reported an email-related security breach. Of these security breaches, 36% were caused by phishing attacks targeting arguably the weakest point of any security system, end users…