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New report reveals that 94% of global organizations have experienced email security incidents last year

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

January 16, 2023 – Boston, US – Leading cybersecurity company Egress today releases its second Email Security Risk Report.

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  • January 16, 2023 – Boston, US – Leading cybersecurity company Egress today releases its second Email Security Risk Report.
  • The report lays bare the attitudes and approaches to email security, the evolution of risks, and the impact of incidents.
  • “The stats in this latest report are truly staggering; 94% of companies have experienced security incidents in the last 12 months, and 95% of cybersecurity leaders are stressed about email security.
  • According to the findings from the report, email security risks remain a top concern for organizations with 94% having experienced security incidents over the past year.

Egress enhances cloud email security offering with advanced graymail detection to improve employee productivity and reduce admin overhead

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

The graymail feature is architected into Egress’ inbound threat detection product, Egress Defend , and integrates seamlessly into customers’ Microsoft 365 environments.

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  • The graymail feature is architected into Egress’ inbound threat detection product, Egress Defend , and integrates seamlessly into customers’ Microsoft 365 environments.
  • On average, 34% of a user’s inbox can be classified as graymail,* including newsletters, promotional materials, and notifications.
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    To tackle this drain on organizational resources, Egress has developed an advanced graymail detection capability to remove these unnecessary distractions tailored to each individual’s preference.
  • The launch of our advanced graymail detection within Egress Defend will boost productivity and free up valuable time across the business.

Egress and KnowBe4 extend partnership to offer AI-based adaptive email security and training

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

November 15, 2023 – Boston, US – Egress and KnowBe4 have announced the latest update to their strategic partnership designed to help organizations identify and remediate human risk.

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  • November 15, 2023 – Boston, US – Egress and KnowBe4 have announced the latest update to their strategic partnership designed to help organizations identify and remediate human risk.
  • Using a bi-directional API, KnowBe4 now leverages live email threat intelligence sourced from the Egress platform to automatically deploy context-based training and phishing simulations.
  • Today’s news builds on the launch of Egress adaptive cloud email security, which uses KnowBe4’s User Risk Score as one of multiple data points to model holistic human risk.
  • Following today’s announcement, email threat data from Egress will now flow back into KnowBe4 to enable fully automated threat-based training and simulation campaigns.

Egress Announces Integration with CrowdStrike to Prevent Cloud Email-based Threats Driven by Human Risk

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

November 8th, 2023 – Boston, US – Egress announced a new integration with CrowdStrike to enhance the way organizations manage human risk in email.

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  • November 8th, 2023 – Boston, US – Egress announced a new integration with CrowdStrike to enhance the way organizations manage human risk in email.
  • The integration of the Egress Intelligent Email Security suite with the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon XDR platform enhances Egress’ adaptive security model with identity risk scoring from CrowdStrike Identity Threat Protection  - empowering customers to stop email-based threats driven by risky human behaviors.
  • Egress offers an adaptive security model for cloud email, dynamically automating threat protection and transforming human risk management on email.
  • Following today’s announcement, Egress’ risk score will be enriched with data from the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon XDR platform to provide a holistic view of user human risk.

New report reveals that nearly three-quarters (71%) of AI detectors can’t tell if a phishing email has been written by a chatbot

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Monday, October 2, 2023

– October 2nd, 2023 - Egress, a cybersecurity company providing intelligent email security, released its second Phishing Threat Trends Report today.

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  • – October 2nd, 2023 - Egress, a cybersecurity company providing intelligent email security, released its second Phishing Threat Trends Report today.
  • “However, one of the most concerning, but least talked about applications of LLMs is reconnaissance for highly targeted attacks.
  • The report found that no person or tool can definitively tell whether an attack was written by a chatbot.
  • Legacy approaches to email security rely heavily on quarantine barring end users from seeing phishing emails, but as our report highlights, phishing emails will inevitably get through.

Egress becomes the first cloud email security platform to apply an adaptive security model, offering customers automated and tailored protection

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

BOSTON, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading cybersecurity company Egress announces the launch of adaptive security for its Intelligent Email Security platform. In the most significant innovation since the creation of Integrated Cloud Email Security, Egress will provide dynamic and automated protection against advanced inbound and outbound threats, transforming the way in which organizations manage human risk on email.

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  • BOSTON, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading cybersecurity company Egress announces the launch of adaptive security for its Intelligent Email Security platform.
  • In the most significant innovation since the creation of Integrated Cloud Email Security, Egress will provide dynamic and automated protection against advanced inbound and outbound threats, transforming the way in which organizations manage human risk on email.
  • In doing so, Egress has become the first solution globally to offer adaptive security for cloud email.
  • Adaptive security as part of the Intelligent Email Security platform is now available for organizations worldwide.

Egress becomes the first cloud email security platform to apply an adaptive security model, offering customers automated and tailored protection

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

BOSTON, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading cybersecurity company Egress announces the launch of adaptive security for its Intelligent Email Security platform. In the most significant innovation since the creation of Integrated Cloud Email Security, Egress will provide dynamic and automated protection against advanced inbound and outbound threats, transforming the way in which organizations manage human risk on email.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading cybersecurity company Egress announces the launch of adaptive security for its Intelligent Email Security platform.
  • In the most significant innovation since the creation of Integrated Cloud Email Security, Egress will provide dynamic and automated protection against advanced inbound and outbound threats, transforming the way in which organizations manage human risk on email.
  • In doing so, Egress has become the first solution globally to offer adaptive security for cloud email.
  • Adaptive security as part of the Intelligent Email Security platform is now available for organizations worldwide.

KnowBe4 partners with Egress to enhance organizations’ inbound and outbound email security defenses

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

This integration enables Egress to feed KnowBe4’s user risk score into its adaptive security model as an additional intelligence source.

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  • This integration enables Egress to feed KnowBe4’s user risk score into its adaptive security model as an additional intelligence source.
  • Egress, a cybersecurity company that uses artificial intelligence to detect and prevent inbound and outbound threats, is the first provider globally to offer adaptive security for cloud email.
  • Tony Pepper, CEO at Egress comments: “Partnering with KnowBe4 to further augment our aggregated human risk score is an exciting opportunity for our customers.
  • Both KnowBe4 and Egress recognize that people represent the biggest risk to organizations and are most vulnerable when using email.

New report reveals a 121% surge in cybercriminals using legitimate websites to obfuscate malicious payloads

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

The report’s findings demonstrate the evolving attack methodologies currently used by cybercriminals that are designed to get through traditional perimeter security.

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  • The report’s findings demonstrate the evolving attack methodologies currently used by cybercriminals that are designed to get through traditional perimeter security.
  • Our report reveals that attacks are increasingly leveraging social engineering, advanced technical measures, and compromised email addresses to deliver sophisticated payloads or defraud organizations.
  • The key phishing trends include:
    Malicious payloads hidden by legitimate websites:
    Using legitimate hyperlinks for reputable brands as carriers for malicious payloads enables attacks to bypass standard link checks.
  • To read Egress’ Email Threats Pulse Report: Insight into key phishing threat trends including all its analysis and findings please visit https://egress.co/pulse-report .

RSA Conference 2023 Opens in San Francisco

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Monday, April 24, 2023

RSA Conference™, the world’s leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, opens its annual event today in San Francisco.

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  • RSA Conference™, the world’s leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, opens its annual event today in San Francisco.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230424005267/en/
    RSA Conference 2023 opens on Monday, April 24, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco (Photo: Business Wire)
    “The cybersecurity industry works best and innovates more, when coming together,” said Linda Gray Martin, Senior Vice President, RSA Conference.
  • In addition to its keynotes, RSA Conference will feature 650+ speakers, 25 tracks, 350+ sessions and 500+ exhibitors from across the industry.
  • For more information regarding RSA Conference 2023, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week, visit our website at www.rsaconference.com/usa .