Email: An Invaluable Tool and a Growing Threat.

As COVID-19 swept the globe, businesses found themselves more reliant than ever on email. But this greater dependence also posed new and insidious threats.

There's no question that the pandemic-driven shift from office to home-based work was a major contributor. With the flip of a figurative switch, interaction and collaboration shifted to digital only, and companies had to scramble to adjust. Cybersecurity teams, many of which were already resource poor, had new tools, systems, devices, and locations to protect overnight. And where most of the world saw crisis, cybercriminals saw opportunity, a fact that is reflected by the level of attacks organizations experienced during this period.