Resources

On-Demand Webinar
On-Demand Webinar

Spam Mechanisms in the Secure Email Gateway

By Dr. Steve Jeffery
This first webinar in a series of five spanning Best Practices for using Clearswift's Secure Gateways covered the more than 15 configurable spam mechanisms in the Secure Email Gateway (SEG) appliance with a choice of local or global policy. Listen as Dr. Steve Jeffery, Lead Solutions Engineer at Fortra, discusses the spam rules, where they get evaluated, URL detection, and message sanitisation...
Advanced Threat Protection
Email Security
Endpoint Protection
Web Security
Cybersecurity
Blog
Blog

How Banks are Adapting to Digital Disruption and Data Privacy Regulations

By Monica Delyani on Mon, 03/25/2024
Digital disruption, changing consumer demographics and preferences on how they engage with their banks, along with burgeoning regulatory requirements are having far-reaching repercussions on banking. And banking executives are feeling the pressure! Digital Disruption Banks that resist digital transformation will be punished by their customers, experiencing a marked erosion in profit margins. In...
Compliance
Blog
Blog

How Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway Aligns to NCSC's Email Security Guidelines

Tue, 03/12/2024
Working in cybersecurity is one of the most challenging roles in the organisation. Not only are you tasked with keeping the business and its data safe and secure, but you must do so in the face of ever-increasing professionalism and sophistication on the part of cybercriminals. There are more threats than ever before, and the consequences of a data breach are more significant too. In recent Fortra...
Compliance
Email Security
Encryption
March Madness
Blog
Blog

March Madness Challenge for Cybersecurity Professionals

Mon, 03/11/2024
Let the "madness" begin! The NCAA Basketball tournament is different for everyone. Some experience madness after a gut-wrenching triple overtime victory by their alma mater, while others after a buzzer-beater shot from half-court by a 16th-ranked Cinderella underdog that instantly knocks out one of your final four selections. However, to me there is nothing more maddening, in the delightful sense...
Data Loss Prevention
Email Security
Web Security
set-up-dmarc-policy
Blog
Blog

What is a DMARC Policy?: The 3 Types, Which to Implement & Other Requirements

By Monica Delyani on Wed, 02/28/2024
In this post, we’ll briefly explain what a DMARC policy is , how to set up your DMARC email record, what the three types of DMARC policies are and when to implement each one, and how to diagnose and fix any issues associated with it. Basically, your DMARC policy tells email receivers what to do with illegitimate or possibly fraudulent emails—whether to reject, quarantine, or accept them. Overall...
PCI DSS
Blog
Blog

Are You Ready for PCI DSS 4.0?

Wed, 11/08/2023
PCI DSS 4.0 is here. If your organization handles PII data, you will need to be compliant with the new updates. We take a look at the new version and what it takes to stay compliant.
Data Loss Prevention
Email Security
First Line of Defense Phishing
Blog
Blog

Are Broad Email Security Policies Slowing You Down?

Tue, 10/24/2023
Creating policies for your organization's email security can be complex, time consuming, and even stressful. There are nearly a thousand exceptions that make a case for why policy development and deployment cannot be a standard one-size-fits-all practice. Learn how Fortra's Clearswift can keep your organization safe without slowing you down.
Email Security
Blog
Blog

Cyber Defense Magazine: New PhishLabs Research Details .ZIP Abuse

Thu, 09/21/2023
Fortra’s PhishLabs has identified two separate incidents of new Google top-level domain (TLD) .zip used in phishing attacks. The attacks, detailed in the September issue of Cyber Defense Magazine, use .zip to impersonate a social media conglomerate and global technology company. Look-alike domains using common file extensions are increasingly used to enhance the perceived legitimacy of cyber...
Blog
Blog

Attacks on Credit Unions Exceed All Other Industries in Q2

Thu, 09/14/2023
ccording to Forta’s Phishlabs, credit unions became the top targeted industry on the dark web in Q2, surpassing banking institutions for the first time since we began reporting on this data in 2021. Financial institutions as a whole experienced the vast majority of abuse, with compromised credit card data leading all threat types on the dark web. Every quarter, Fortra’s PhishLabs analyzes hundreds...
Are Microsoft Advanced Analytics enough?
Blog
Blog

Microsoft's Defender for Identity – Is it Enough?

Thu, 09/07/2023
In early 2023, Microsoft launched Defender for Identity which aims to offer visibility by helping to identify threats and provide actionable reports on attacks. But M365 security is not completely adequate for the modern enterprise and must be augmented by other data security solutions.
Email Security
Microsoft 365
Blog
Blog

QBot Operations Peak Pre-Takedown, O365 Attacks Increase in Q2

Fri, 09/01/2023
Cybercriminals doubled down on popular threat types and preferred malicious software in Q2, with O365 phish and QBot malware dominating inboxes by significant margins. QBot operations eclipsed all other malware once again, reaching their highest volume of share just before a multinational takedown Tuesday removed malicious code from more than 700,000 computers. Similarly, but lacking in disruption...
Blog
Blog

The Top Three Domain Protection Best Practices

Tue, 08/29/2023
Impersonating an organization’s domain can be a lucrative business for cybercriminals. Fortra’s 2023 Domain Impersonation Report found that the average brand is targeted by 40 look-alike domains per month. The two common types of domain impersonation are look-alike domains and email spoofing.