Industry experts have projected that business email compromise (BEC) attacks will cost businesses over $9 billion in 2018. The FBI has long warned businesses of this rapidly growing threat vector, but organizations continue to fall victim as attackers enhance their tactics and find new ways to fool employees.

Plenty of solutions on the market are built to protect businesses from BEC attacks. However, there are no one-size-fits-all email security solutions, and organizations need to be able to find the maximum protection for their money.

To help CISOs, IT administrators, and system administrators sort through the different solutions available, we have put together a comparison guide for advanced email security.

Our email comparison guide lists out the features that are essential for modern email security solutions, including anti-malware multi-scanning and strong Content Disarm and Reconstruction. Download it now to see the results of our research.

Of course, many BEC attacks cannot be blocked no matter how strong your email security solution “ good old-fashioned fraudulent emails that use only social engineering can and do still cost companies millions. For that, the only defense is user training.

MetaDefender Email Security is OPSWAT's offering for advanced email threat prevention. It is a second layer of defense that can be combined with secure email gateways for maximum security. Learn more about MetaDefender Email Security here.