Cloud email is one of the primary gateways for modern cyberattacks. Cybercriminals don’t need payloads or links to succeed—they exploit trust, steal credentials to bypass authentication, and leverage AI to impersonate executives and vendors. These tactics make cloud environments a frequent target for business email compromise, account takeover, and advanced phishing.

Legacy solutions often leave dangerous gaps in cloud email security. Focused on static indicators, they struggle to prevent modern social engineering attacks, fail to profile vendors and other third-party relationships, and overlook account misconfigurations. Modern defense for cloud email begins with an AI-native approach—one that analyzes identity, context, and communication patterns to detect anomalies and stop threats before damage is done.

Inside the infographic:

• $2.77B lost to business email compromise in 2024

• The three ways attackers exploit trust, identity, and AI

• Why SEGs can’t keep up with cloud email threats

• How behavioral AI delivers adaptive, cloud-native defense