Let’s start by saying that if you’re operating any significantly sized business and you don’t have a secure email gateway (SEG) or some equivalent email security tool that connects to your email system and filters out unwelcome spam and highly unwanted malicious emails, then please get one in place.

But for the majority of IT or infosec teams that have a SEG or something like it in place, you’re still not complete in terms of your tooling. I emphasize tooling because we’re not talking about security awareness training (SAT).

We’re talking about an Un-SEG. You need one, which means you need to know what an Un-SEG is.

What’s an Un-SEG and Why Do You Need One?

An Un-SEG is an email security tool that specifically deals with the 15-20% of phish and other malicious emails that SEGs and other perimeter defense tools miss.  You need an Un-SEG because the longer you let all those missed malicious emails rattle around in employee inboxes, the higher the likelihood that somebody will click. Those bad clicks lead to a very high risk of a costly data breach. 78% of data breaches start with human error due to a phishing email or equivalent threat.

The way an Un-SEG works is by providing:

1. Intelligence to identify threats that are new or sophisticated enough to sneak through your first line of defense.
2. Operational visibility into these threats after they have bypassed your SEG.
3. Automation to rapidly identify and remediate these threats before someone has the chance to click them.

Cofense PDR is the Ultimate Un-SEG

Our Phishing Threat Detection and Response (PDR) Platform is the industry’s leading Un-SEG, incorporating:

• Crowdsourced malicious email reporting from over 35 million Cofense-trained employees.
• Rapid analysis of these reported threats from the Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC), a global SOC operation that feeds you with actionable intelligence.
• Automated threat hunting and remediation tools that get phish out of your email systems fast.
• Managed services support if you don’t have staff resources to manage the remediation process.

Don’t be Un-serious about Email Security

The statistics on human error as a factor in data breaches are deeply sobering. A 15-20% miss rate by your SEG is too serious to be ignored. If you’d like to know how an Un-SEG can add significant power to your email defense, learn more at cofense.com and request a demo.

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