Strong security for emails is one of the top concerns of CNI dealing companies. According to a recent OPSWAT report, 80% of CNI companies reported an email-related security breach in the past year. Malicious emails are being exploited to target essential services, and email-based attacks are increasingly used as a key strategy for gaining unauthorised access.
CNI organisations, such as utilities, transportation, telecommunications, and data centres, are prime targets for cybercriminals. The appeal lies in the widespread disruption a successful attack can cause. For example, a report from Malwarebytes highlighted that the services industry, which includes many CNI sectors, has been heavily impacted by ransomware, accounting for nearly a quarter of global attacks.
Email attacks prove to be particularly effective, according to a report by OPSWAT, which polled 250 IT and security leaders of CNI firms. For instance, CNI organisations experienced 5.7 phishing incidents, 5.6 account compromises, and 4.4 instances of data leakage per year for every 1,000 employees. Yet still, more than half of the respondents assumed that email messages and attachments were safe by default.
Why Cybercriminals Target Emails
Emails are a straightforward way for attackers to deliver phishing scams, malicious links, and harmful attachments. Once opened, these can give hackers access to critical systems. More than 80% of CNI organisations believe that email threats will increase or stay the same over the next year, with phishing, data theft, and zer
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