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83% of UK IT leaders report suffering at least one email-related security incident.

46% of UK IT leaders cited email filtering as the most common defence against email-related incidents.

86% of US IT leaders indicate that more than half of their business communication flows through email.

47% of IT leaders based in Australia cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

38% of UK IT leaders cited AI-driven threat detection as the most common defence against email-related incidents.

27% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted email security training.

63% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector say they've adopted email filtering.

41% of UK IT leaders cited multi-factor authentication (MFA) as the most common defence against email-related incidents.

47% of UK IT leaders cited employee security awareness training as the most common defence against email-related incidents.

44% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted MFA.

64% of US IT leaders want to automate parts of their email infrastructure, but only 17% say they are fully prepared to implement automation.

36% on average (over a third) of all security incidents reported by IT leaders are email-driven.

Nearly half (49%) of UK IT leaders report being hit by an email-related security incident in the past 12 months alone.

52% of all organisational communication in the UK flows through the inbox.

75% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector faced inbox breaches.

87% of UK IT leaders in the finance sector report exposure to email-related incidents.

85% of UK IT leaders in the legal sector report exposure to email-related incidents.

56% of Government bodies in the UK reported a breach in the past year alone.

89% of UK IT leaders agreed that well-managed email signatures directly contribute to professionalism and client confidence.

53% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector say they've adopted AI detection.

92% of Government bodies in the UK reported an email-related breach.

39% of respondents of UK IT leaders cited difficulty of balancing security with ease of use as their bigest email security challenge.

42% of respondents of UK IT leaders cited external threats (such as phishing, spoofing, and spam) as their bigest email security challenge.

38% of respondents of UK IT leaders cited ensuring strong encryption as their bigest email security challenge.

46% of US IT leaders cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

43% of UK IT leaders cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

42% of IT leaders based in Germany cite managing external threats (such as phishing and spoofing) as their top security challenge.

87% of UK IT leaders expect email to remain Britain’s primary business channel for at least the next five years.

81% of UK IT leaders view one-to-one email as a critical communications channel, on par with IM and collaboration tools.

45% of UK IT leaders said stronger security and encryption standards is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.

41% of UK IT leaders said that tighter integration with real-time collaboration tools is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.

41% of UK IT leaders said that AI-driven automation is a trend that will have the biggest impact by 2030.

59% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector say they've adopted email security training.

62% of organizations in the finance sector experienced email incidents, yet only 42% feel very confident in their compliance posture.

53% of UK IT leaders in the tech sector say they've adopted MFA.

58% of organizations in the healthcare sector experienced email incidents, yet only 36% feel very confident in their compliance posture.

86% of US IT leaders agree that professional email signatures build trust.

Only 18% of US organizations use centralized signature management solutions.

41% of US organizations still rely on employees to manage their own email signatures.

73% of US organizations experienced an email-related security incident in the past year.

26% of UK IT leaders in the public sector say they've adopted AI detection.

60% of organizations in the legal sector experienced email incidents, yet only 41% feel very confident in their compliance posture.

59% of organizations in the technology sector experienced email incidents, yet only 39% feel very confident in their compliance posture.

Professionals in high-email-volume sectors like legal and finance send 20-30+ emails daily.

In large enterprises (5,000+ employees), nearly half of respondents (49%) say users send 16+ emails per day.

36% of global IT leaders use email for internal collaboration.

49% of global IT leaders use email for IT and security alerts.

89% of global IT leaders say instant messaging (IM) is important to their digital operations

48% of global IT leaders state that the majority of their internal and external communication still relies on direct email, more than any other channel.

86% of global IT leaders say collaboration tools like Asana, Notion, and monday.com are pivotal to their digital operations.