Mimecast talks social engineering, and how your organisation can be compromised in just 82 seconds

Charlee Gothard
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And email is still the path of least resistance

It takes just one minute and 22 seconds to break into an organisation's IT system, with email still being the path of least resistance for social engineering attempts. This is according to Mimec...

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