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Email Security For Distribution

A strong email security solution is critical for distribution providers to stay safe from email threats social engineering, espionage, and insider threats.
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What Is Email Security For distribution providers?

Distribution is one of the most frequently targeted industries in today’s attack climate—and it takes no stretch of the imagination to see why. As a global industry where the smooth running of operations is crucial for productivity and cash flow, any disruptions can lead to disastrous consequences for all parties involved. This makes distribution vendors a popular target for cybercrime groups looking to capitalize on creating those disruptions, steal trade secrets, ransom sensitive data, and more.

A key way for attackers to target distribution vendors is via email-based attacks. And with much of an organization’s business primarily conducted via email communications, if left unsecured, emails can be the gateway to an attack. But investing in a robust email security solution can help.

Email security is an umbrella term for a series of tools and technologies that work together to protect an organization against attack. Having an advanced solution in place will protect an organization across the entire email attack surface.

Why Do Distribution Providers Need Email Security?

Across all industries, the long-term impacts of suffering a cyberattack can damage the viability of an entire business. And in manufacturing, that rings especially true.

In many cases, industrial espionage and financial gain are prime motives for attackers to target distribution vendors. So, email security is key to protecting sensitive data, trade secrets, and intellectual property. Attackers might also plan to interrupt production or damage critical infrastructure, holding key systems or data hostage until a ransom is paid, or impersonate known suppliers to trick vendors into paying fraudulent invoices.

The long-term effects of suffering an attack can go far beyond reputational damage—although that in itself is costly when it comes to keeping clients and securing new opportunities. An attack can often lead to sensitive data leakage, compliance breaches, and astronomical financial losses, which can be critical to a business of any size.

How Can distribution Providers Protect Emails?

For vendors in the distribution industry, a well-rounded stack is crucial for protecting email accounts against all possible attacks. Protection against spear phishing attacks, ransomware, impersonation, and vendor email compromise is a must, and it’s vital to put a stop to these attacks across the entire attack surface.

To help protect against these attacks, businesses should invest in strong email filtering and scanning, which automatically detects and quarantines malicious threats.

End-to-end email encryption is also key for organizations dealing with highly sensitive data, as it encrypts emails both in transit and at rest.

Security awareness training can also combat phishing, ransomware, and other types of social engineering attacks by educating users on what to look out for and how to report suspicious emails.

Key Takeaways

- Distribution is one of the most frequently targeted industries when it comes to cybercrime, but also often one of the least prepared for an attack

- Attacks are often financially motivated, with ransomware and other email-based attacks being a primary threat to businesses

- Protecting personal and business data, intellectual property, trade secrets, and supply chains is a priority when securing emails

- A strong email security solution is key to keeping organizations safe from social engineering, espionage, insider threats, and more

How Constant Edge Protects The distribution Industry

Constant Edge provides a holistic email security package to secure the distribution industry.
We provide powerful email security that minimizes false negatives and ensures that all users benefit from effective protection against spam, malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks.

We stop advanced email threats, such as phishing attacks delivered through malicious URLs and attachments, and ensure compliance with industry regulations through email encryption and archiving.

Our email security technology is also extremely easy to use. Deployment is quick and straightforward, in both on-premises email networks, and on cloud-hosted email environments such as Office 365 and Google Workspace.

Constant Edge distribution Protection Features

Powerful Inbound Filtering
Powerful inbound scanning prevents, spam, malware, and malicious phishing emails entering your email network, including ransomware.
Internal Email Scanning
Advanced machine learning scans inbound, outbound, and internal email messages for signs of account compromise and phishing attack.
Simplified Deployment
Easy onboarding with APIs for Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace, and no MX-record changes required for internal email scanning.
Archiving and Compliance
Comply with industry regulations with a comprehensive email archive which stores sensitive emails related to financial transactions.
Email Encryption
Protect the contents of sensitive emails with encryption, preventing data from being accessed, stolen, or shared outside of the intended recipients.
Comprehensive Policies and Reports
Granular policies around, quarantining, allow and deny lists, and end-user controls. Advanced analytics into email threats.
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Road Machinery & Supplies Co.
"It has truly been a pleasure working with Constant Edge. The implementation process went off without a hitch and we are benefiting from the awesome support that Constant Edge provides."

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