Four Steps To an Effective Anti-Phishing Solution

An effective anti-phishing solution combines innovative tools and techniques.

Threat actors use phishing tactics and sent emails to try to dupe unsuspecting victims. Historically, the attacks came in the form of mass email campaigns with a low success rate. However, attackers today carry out targeted and focused tactical email campaigns as part of spear-phishing attacks. This solution brief provides a four-step recommendation to bolster your defense against sophisticated phishing email attacks.

An effective anti-phishing solution combines innovative tools and techniques specifically designed to combat phishing with consistent and accurate communication.  This solution brief outlines four steps in an effective anti-phishing solution:

• Prevent: Use analysis techniques specifically designed to prevent spoofing and unknown threats.
• Protect: Develop containment and control protocols specifically for a phishing email.
• Align: Make your anti-phishing solution part of an overall email security solution.
• Inform: Improve the 'phishing IQ' of everyone in your organization. 

Download this document to read about the details for the four steps and additional technical tips and deployments.