{"id":15632,"date":"2026-10-11T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/?p=15632"},"modified":"2026-10-11T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:30:16","slug":"outbound-email-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Outbound Email Security: A Complete 2026 Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outbound email security protects the messages leaving your company, not the ones arriving. It matters because the most common data breach is not an attack at all. It is a worker sending the right file to the wrong person. A full outbound program covers four jobs. Stop the mistake before send. Sign your domain so nobody can fake it. Detect what still gets through. And respond fast enough to meet a reporting deadline.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Why_Outbound_Deserves_Its_Own_Program\" >Why Outbound Deserves Its Own Program<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#The_Four_Parts_of_Outbound_Email_Security\" >The Four Parts of Outbound Email Security<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Book_a_Free_Demo_Call_with_Our_Expert\" >Book a Free Demo Call with Our Expert<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Prevent_Stop_the_Mistake_Before_It_Sends\" >Prevent: Stop the Mistake Before It Sends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Authenticate_Stop_Others_Using_Your_Domain\" >Authenticate: Stop Others Using Your Domain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Detect_Find_What_Nobody_Reported\" >Detect: Find What Nobody Reported<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Respond_The_Clock_Is_Already_Running\" >Respond: The Clock Is Already Running<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Train_for_the_Decision_Before_Send\" >Train for the Decision Before Send<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#The_Bottom_Line\" >The Bottom Line<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-security\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" >Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Outbound_Deserves_Its_Own_Program\"><\/span>Why Outbound Deserves Its Own Program<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most email security budgets point inward. Filters, gateways, and threat feeds all judge what arrives. Meanwhile, the messages leaving go largely unchecked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breach data does not match that spending. The UK&#8217;s Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office takes mandatory breach reports. Its data shows <a href=\"https:\/\/egress.com\/blog\/data-loss-prevention\/ico-misaddressed-emails-breach-cause\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">misaddressed email as the single largest category<\/a> of email incidents, at 18%. Phishing made up 10%. Email incidents overall came to 28% of all reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Industry research points the same way. A 2025 survey of more than 300 security and IT leaders found that <a href=\"https:\/\/abnormal.ai\/blog\/misdirected-email-study\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">96% of firms lost data through misdirected email<\/a> in the past year. And 41% only heard about an incident when the wrong recipient told them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That last figure is the real problem. Hearing about your own breach from the person who got it is not detection. It is luck. The same gap shows up in <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/outbound-email-errors-lead-to-93-increase-in-data-breaches\/\">outbound email errors<\/a> across every sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Four_Parts_of_Outbound_Email_Security\"><\/span>The Four Parts of Outbound Email Security<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each part covers a failure the others cannot catch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Part<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>What it addresses<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Core control<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Prevent<\/td><td>The wrong recipient or attachment<\/td><td>Send delay, external warnings<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Authenticate<\/td><td>Someone impersonating your domain<\/td><td>SPF, DKIM, DMARC enforcement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Detect<\/td><td>Incidents nobody self-reported<\/td><td>Outbound monitoring, DLP alerts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Respond<\/td><td>The reporting clock<\/td><td>Fast, blame-free reporting route<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most firms do the second well, and the other three poorly. 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Two colleagues share a first name, the mail client picks the wrong one, and the message goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four controls catch most of it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A short send delay.<\/strong> Even 30 seconds lets someone undo an obvious error. Set it as a company default, not a per-user option people never find.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Outside recipient warnings.<\/strong> A visible flag when a message leaves the company breaks the autocomplete reflex.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New recipient prompts.<\/strong> First-time addresses deserve a confirm step, especially from finance, legal, and HR.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Attachment checks on private files.<\/strong> Confirm the file, not just its name, before it goes out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pair the settings with one habit worth teaching: write the message, attach the file, then add the recipient last. Addressing it first is what makes an early send possible at all. If a message does slip out, <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/how-to-recall-an-email-in-outlook\/\">recall rarely rescues it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Authenticate_Stop_Others_Using_Your_Domain\"><\/span>Authenticate: Stop Others Using Your Domain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outbound security is not only about what your staff send. It also covers what attackers send while posing as you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An unsigned domain lets anyone fake your address to your own customers and partners. The damage lands on your name, even though nothing inside your network failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SPF lists who may send on your behalf. DKIM signs messages, so tampering shows up. DMARC tells receiving servers what to do when a message fails both. It also reports who sends mail using your domain. Published without enforcement, DMARC watches but blocks nothing, and that is where many firms stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/real-time-dmarc\">Real-time DMARC monitoring<\/a> shows every sender using your domain, approved or not. That is what makes moving to enforcement safe rather than disruptive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Detect_Find_What_Nobody_Reported\"><\/span>Detect: Find What Nobody Reported<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If 41% of firms hear about incidents from the recipient, detection is where most programs are thinnest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four signals help. Outbound content scanning catches private data leaving in a body or attachment. First-time outside recipients flag domains nobody has emailed before. Attachment and recipient mismatches catch a private file going outside its usual group. And self-reports stay the fastest signal of all, because the sender knows at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That last one depends on culture. A sender who expects blame waits, and the wait is what turns a fixable mistake into a reportable breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Respond_The_Clock_Is_Already_Running\"><\/span>Respond: The Clock Is Already Running<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under GDPR and similar regimes, the 72-hour notification clock starts when your organization becomes aware of a breach, not when it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the response order matters. Confirm what left, and to whom. Judge whether the data triggers a reporting duty. Ask the recipient to delete it, treating that as goodwill, not a fix. Then record the decision and your reasons either way, because regulators look at the process as much as the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/threatcop-phishing-incident-response\">Threatcop Phishing Incident Response (TPIR)<\/a> gives staff a one-click route inside the mail client. So owning up takes seconds, not a hard conversation. Admins get the report, the content, and the recipient list in one console, with the timestamp already logged. That timestamp is what proves a defensible response later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Train_for_the_Decision_Before_Send\"><\/span>Train for the Decision Before Send<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every control above either stops a mistake or limits its cost. None of them changes the moment the mistake happens, which is a person under time pressure picking a recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Short, role-based lessons cover that part better than a one-time policy email. Finance, HR, and legal handle the most private outbound material, so they should see content built around the cases they actually face. Gamified courses and quizzes also hold attention better than a static document. Completion reporting then gives you evidence an auditor will accept, which matters when <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/benefits-of-security-awareness-training\/\">training records<\/a> are part of a compliance response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bottom_Line\"><\/span>The Bottom Line<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outbound email security is not a smaller version of inbound. It defends against a different failure. A trusted person, acting normally, sends the wrong thing to the wrong place. So build all four parts, not just the technical one. Set a send delay and outside-recipient warnings. Take DMARC to enforcement. Add outbound detection, so you are not relying on the recipient to tell you. And make internal reporting fast and blame-free. The 72-hour clock starts when you find out, and every hour of embarrassed silence comes out of that budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span>Frequently Asked Questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"sp-easy-accordion-block sp-eab-regular-accordion alignwide\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-wrapper sp-eab-vertical-accordion sp-eab-a783252df352\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion sp-eab-mode-vertical sp-eab-vertical-one sp-d-flex' data-accordion-settings=\"{&quot;mode&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;activeEvent&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;defaultAccordionOpen&quot;:&quot;first-item&quot;,&quot;selectedItemOpen&quot;:0,&quot;openMultiItemAtaTime&quot;:false,&quot;scrollToTopOnLoad&quot;:false,&quot;scrollToTopOnClick&quot;:false,&quot;accordionItemToUrl&quot;:false,&quot;animationEffect&quot;:false,&quot;applyAccessibility&quot;:true}\">\n        \t    \t\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-31b1e3cb756f\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-2df352\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-2df352'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is outbound email security?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-2df352'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outbound email security protects messages leaving a company, rather than those arriving. It covers stopping misdirected or over-shared email, signing your domain so attackers cannot fake it, detecting incidents that happen anyway, and responding within legal deadlines.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-fe3c28b1901a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-2df352\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-2df352'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy is outbound email security often overlooked?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-2df352'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because most tooling and budget points at inbound threats. Filters and gateways judge arriving mail, and people assume outbound messages are safe because a trusted worker sent them. The breach data shows that assumption is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-408c462bb682\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-2df352\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-2df352'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is the most common outbound email incident?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-2df352'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Misdirected email, meaning email sent to the wrong person, tops the list. The UK&#8217;s Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office found misaddressed email to be the largest single category of reported email incidents, ahead of phishing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-46acab977be9\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-2df352\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-2df352'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDoes DMARC protect outbound email?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-2df352'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DMARC protects your domain from being faked, which is one part of outbound email security. DMARC stops attackers forging your address to others. It does nothing about a worker sending real data to the wrong person, which needs its own controls.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-295127d53444\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-2df352\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-2df352'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow quickly must a misdirected email be reported?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-2df352'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under GDPR and similar rules, reportable breaches must reach the regulator within 72 hours of the company becoming aware. That clock starts at awareness, which is why fast internal reporting matters more than the mistake itself.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common data breach is an employee emailing the wrong person. 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