Many companies today still don't see the need for email security. They think this way even though it's a vital part of cybersecurity.Β Whatβs more, they fail to grasp the reality of under-prioritizing email security.
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About Companies That Under-Prioritize Email
MTA-STS is your response to emails' most critical gap in encryption.
Email remains the primary communication channel for most organizations, but it was never designed with modern security requirements in mind. While protocols such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC help verify sender identity, they do not protect emails while they are traveling between mail servers. This is where MTA-STS (Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security) plays a crucial role.
Nobody got fired for buying Cisco. Or did they?
As Cisco grew into the dominant email security vendor, AΒ saying became loud into this space: "Nobody ever got fired for buying Cisco." The idea was that choosing the market leader was the safest decision because it was easy to justify if things went wrong.Β In today's email cybersecurity, however, that mindset can be dangerous.
Consider these factors when defining your email resilience strategy
DMARC is now mandatory!
The email landscape has fundamentally changed β and in 2026, there is no ambiguity left:
DMARC is no longer optional. It is enforced.
Over the past two years, the worldβs largest mailbox providers β Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft β have implemented strict authentication requirements. Today, any domain sending bulk email must have properly configured SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, or risk outright rejection. [mailcop.net], [redsift.com]
This shift marks the end of the βopen email eraβ and the beginning of a trust-based ecosystem where authentication is mandatory.
How to be cool with Cold Emails
Cold email are unsolicited outreach sent to people who have no prior relationship or consentβusually to pitch a product, partnership, or opportunity. Well, the key message is simple: most cold email, especially at scale, behaves like spamβeven if it looks personalized or βlegit.β Don't let it pass more than once or twice!
The Email Sovereignty gap
In the digital era, βemail sovereigntyβ refers to an organizationβs ability to retain full, exclusive control over its own data. For enterprises relying on US-based cloud providers such as Microsoft, that control is often more nominal than real. Emerging data from 2025 and 2026 underscores an escalating conflict between user privacy and the expanding mandate of US intelligence agencies, especially in a periog marked by many regional conflicts.
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The day of DMARC being mandatory
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Is Exchange over dependency a problem for your security
A number closer to 4 out of 5 companies use Exchange (cloud or onprem). Think about the massive infrastructure. Imagine how important and prevalent it is for businesses....and realize why it is constantly targeted by attackers. Businesses should carefully evaluate the risks and limitations of relying on Exchange as their security email solution as well as their storage and communication email solution.



















