Service Update
| Availability | October 21st, 2024 |
| Product(s) | Email Security Cloud Integrated (CI) |
| Who's affected | Email Security Cloud Integrated (CI), Administrators |
Available to all regions on October 21st, 2024 except the US grid, which will become available on October 22nd, 2024.
Overview
Mimecast is pleased to announce the global availability of the Advanced BEC Protection.
Business Email Compromise, referred to as BEC, is a highly targeted form of spear phishing, where attackers aim to deceive employees into taking harmful actions. These actions often involve transferring money to the attacker, and the impact can be severe, costing businesses billions of dollars each year.
BEC attacks thrive on impersonation and social engineering, exploiting trusted relationships and using emotional manipulation to compel victims to act. These attacks can take many forms, from a CEO’s spoofed email requesting a wire transfer to a compromised vendor account requesting sensitive data.
Recommended actions
There are no required changes or updates.
There is no BEC-specific policy creation required on the Email Security Cloud Integrated platform, as this protection is built into the Phishing Detection engine.
BEC emails can be accessed directly from the Cloud Integrated dashboard by selecting the Phishing widget. For more information on how to navigate to Phishing Detection, see Per Policy Detection Engines.
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