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7 Secure Email Gateway Problems Costly in 2025
There are Seven significant problems with Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) in 2025, including advanced threat detection failures and cloud architecture limitations. The modern alternative is API-native design and comprehensive protection.
Google Workspace Security Features: What to Turn On First (2025)
Enhance your Google Workspace security in 2025 by focusing on a multi-layered approach to protect against evolving threats and ensure data integrity. Leverage key strategies and features to implement for a robust defense without compromising productivity.
Human Error in Google Drive: The Hidden Risks—and How to Design Them Out
Human error is a leading cause of data breaches in Google Drive, stemming from issues like oversharing, accidental external sharing, and misconfigured settings. To mitigate these risks, organizations should implement strong policies, provide employee training, and utilize technology for better visibility and control over data sharing.
Secure Email Gateway (SEG) in 2025: What It Does—and Where It Struggles
The secure email gateway (SEG) market is experiencing rapid growth due to increasing cyber threats, but traditional SEGs struggle with modern attacks like zero-day threats and social engineering. API-based solutions offer advanced, post-delivery protection and are becoming the preferred approach for comprehensive email security.
Secure Email Gateway vs. Cloud-Native: Which Wins?
The cloud's ascent has dismantled the traditional email security perimeter, making advanced threats the new frontier. Legacy gateways are losing ground and cloud-native platforms offer a proactive defense, continuously adapting to and remediating modern email attacks.
Stop Gmail Breaches: How to Get the Most from Google Workspace
Learn how to fortify your Google Workspace email security by implementing robust identity controls, configuring advanced features, and utilizing authentication protocols to prevent breaches. Discover comprehensive protection strategies for your organization.
Identity Security Posture Management Strategies for Cloud Workspaces
The move to the cloud dissolved the security perimeter, making identity the new battleground, but practical ISPM strategies offer a proactive solution by continuously monitoring, assessing, and improving identity-related systems and controls.
How Dormant Accounts Expand Your Cloud Workspace Attack Surface
Dormant accounts pose a significant security risk by expanding the cloud workspace attack surface, necessitating a proactive, automated Identity and Access Management (IAM) approach to identify and mitigate these hidden vulnerabilities.
Why Least Privilege Policies Fail at Scale and How to Fix Them
While the Principle of Least Privilege is a vital security concept, its manual implementation often fails at scale due to IT complexity and human factors, a problem solvable through automation, Just-in-Time access, and a data-centric approach.
Why Your Secure Email Gateway Is Failing Right Now
Traditional secure email gateways (SEGs) are failing to protect organizations from modern, AI-driven cyber threats, necessitating a shift to advanced, API-native solutions like Material Security for comprehensive cloud email protection.
How Attackers Mimic Legitimate Users After Account Takeovers
Attackers use sophisticated methods to mimic legitimate users after an account takeover, making detection difficult, but AI-driven behavioral analysis offers a solution by establishing user baselines and identifying subtle anomalies.
Quickly Fix Broken DLP Data Classification
Traditional Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems often fail due to their inability to differentiate between malicious and accidental data disclosure, but Material Security’s intelligent and automated data classification and protection provides deeper insight and greater protection.
Mastering Email Retention Policy to Protect Sensitive Data
If your organization treats its email server like a bottomless filing cabinet, you're not alone. But this approach introduces serious risks. The core problem is that unmanaged data creates a massive, invisible attack surface.
A Pragmatic Guide to Google Account Takeover Protection
Companies need Google account takeover protection to defend against a range of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that target user identities and sensitive data. Even if your organization already uses Google Workspace’s built-in security features, layering additional protection is essential due to the evolving threat landscape and the high stakes involved in email and identity compromise.