Political email hacks raise awareness about corporate email security
Political email hacks raise awareness about corporate email security
Think of all the times you’ve emailed a colleague instead of walking over to say something, and you start to appreciate how big a role email plays in the American workplace. Not really feasible to ditch it. But cybercriminals have plenty of reasons to try and infiltrate corporate emails — to get financial information about employees or customers, or to steal a firm’s intellectual property. And email has a lot of vulnerabilities. If you use unsecured Wi-Fi to work at a coffee shop, for example, you could be vulnerable to an attack.
Cyber security experts say employers should use measures like end-to-end encryption, two-factor authentication for log ins and encourage employees to use strong passwords. But as quickly as companies work to implement safeguards, the cybercriminals are finding workarounds. Which is why companies really need to focus on educating employees about good habits. Turns out, humans are still the weak links — and even if we were to shift away from email, the bad guys would find a way to exploit that.
Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
There’s a lot happening in the world. Through it all, Marketplace is here for you.
You rely on Marketplace to break down the world’s events and tell you how it affects you in a fact-based, approachable way. We rely on your financial support to keep making that possible.
Your donation today powers the independent journalism that you rely on. For just $5/month, you can help sustain Marketplace so we can keep reporting on the things that matter to you.
