10/05/2026
It is Just an Email… Right?
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and throughout the month we will focus on one of the most common ways cybercriminals target businesses: email.
For many small businesses, email is one of the most important tools used every day. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most common ways attackers attempt to gain access to a business.
A compromised email account can expose conversations, customer information, invoices, internal documents, and other accounts. Attackers may also use a compromised account to impersonate an employee, executive, or business owner.
The challenge is that modern email threats do not always look suspicious. A malicious email may appear to come from a customer, vendor, coworker, or executive. It may even reference a legitimate conversation or business transaction.
That is why email security cannot depend solely on employees “knowing what phishing looks like.”
Effective email security requires multiple layers of protection, including email filtering, multifactor authentication (MFA), endpoint protection, employee training, and clear procedures for handling unusual or sensitive requests.
Email may be an everyday business tool, but it deserves serious security attention.
Throughout October, we will share practical ways businesses can better protect their email, employees, and information.
