The Essential Guide to Cloud Email Security

In an age where cyber threats evolve at the pace of AI, traditional email defenses are no longer sufficient. This guide from Abnormal AI explores how today’s attackers exploit trust, behavior, and cloud-native vulnerabilities to breach organizations—without relying on payloads or known indicators. Covering eight pressing email security challenges, it presents a blueprint for modern protection, emphasizing behavioral AI, identity intelligence, and automated threat remediation. Key issues addressed include social engineering, vendor compromise, internal threats, account takeovers, and configuration drift. The paper also outlines how to reduce user fatigue from graymail, implement personalized security training, and maintain visibility into cloud email configurations. With a checklist of 10 must-ask evaluation questions, this is a practical guide for selecting a future-proof email security platform.

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