Guide & CHECKLIST

Before You Buy: 7 Email Security Questions

Cut through vendor noise and uncover the most effective email security capabilities against modern-day threats.

As email threats evolve to bypass traditional controls, evaluation criteria must evolve too. This guide and checklist outline a practical framework to assess vendors based on real protective capability.

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127%

increase in the attack chain complexity
over 6 months*

*2025 OPSWAT Threat Landscape Report

$4.99 Mil

average global cost of a data breach*

*IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026

14x Spike

in AI-generated phishing attacks
in December 2025*

*Hoxhunt 2026 Phishing Trends Report

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the ground up.

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