A lot of businesses believe a data breach begins with a highly advanced cyberattack. In fact, access to sensitive information can be exposed through routine errors like sending files to the wrong person, sharing confidential documents without controls, or employees using unauthorized cloud applications. These little things can turn into expensive issues. Investing in data […]
For most companies, email is more than just a method of communication. It’s used for customer service, sales chats, teamwork, approvals and compliance records. When it suddenly becomes unavailable, work slows down almost instantly. Deadlines are missed, employee confidence is lost, and employees spend valuable time looking for temporary solutions. Such interruptions can be far […]
Many businesses think that storing their emails in a mailbox will meet compliance standards. Unfortunately, this assumption may lead to issues during audit, legal and/or regulatory proceedings. With increasing volumes of sensitive data, organizations need to be aware of the difference between email retention and email archiving. Understanding that difference helps organizations stay audit-ready, improve […]
Emails are now used to exchange contracts, accounting details, employee information, and customer details. Many businesses assume their messages are safe, as it is a routine thing. In fact, important information might be moving from inbox to inbox without the same level of security as is expected in today’s environment. That creates unnecessary risk for […]
A lot of companies are unaware of the amount of time and money that they waste by having multiple IT vendors. One company provides email, another cybersecurity, another backups, and another provides cloud services or compliance. This may seem like a flexible approach. In fact, it can lead to delays, confusion, and increased operating expenses, […]
The vendor security questionnaire used to be something only large companies dealt with, a lengthy document that enterprise procurement teams sent to major software vendors and strategic partners before signing significant contracts. That’s no longer the case. Third-party risk management programs at large organizations have expanded their scope considerably in the last two years. Where […]
Every conversation about email security eventually arrives at the same place: the filter. What does it catch? How many threats does it block? What percentage of phishing attempts does it stop before they reach the inbox? These are real questions with real answers, and they matter. But they’re also, increasingly, the wrong place to end […]
Before a prospect reads your proposal, before they pick up the phone, before they decide whether to respond at all, they look at where your email came from. Not just the name. The infrastructure behind it. This shift has been building for a few years, but it accelerated sharply as AI-generated outreach and increasingly sophisticated […]
Most businesses think about data security in one direction: keeping threats out. They invest in filters, firewalls and access controls designed to stop something from coming in. What they rarely examine with the same rigor is what happens when something or someone leaves. Vendor relationships end. Employees move on. Software contracts get cancelled. And in […]
The exam notice arrives, and the first thing most broker-dealers and registered investment advisers do is pull together account documentation, trading records, and supervisory procedures. The last thing most of them think about is email. That’s a problem. Because increasingly, email is exactly where FINRA examiners are looking. Electronic communications compliance has been on FINRA’s […]
