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2025 State of Misdirected Email Prevention

Discover how organizations are tackling one of the most overlooked causes of data loss—misdirected email—and how behavioral AI is transforming prevention.

2025 State of Misdirected Email Prevention

Most email security solutions are built to block malicious inbound threats like phishing, credential theft, and business email compromise. Yet a growing share of data loss now originates inside the enterprise through legitimate emails sent to unintended recipients.

These seemingly harmless, everyday mistakes are among the leading causes of enterprise data loss, driving costly remediation, compliance violations, and lasting reputational harm.

Keeping Sensitive Data Out of the Wrong Inboxes

The 2025 State of Misdirected Email Prevention report explores how more than 300 security and IT leaders are confronting this overlooked but widespread source of data loss, where current controls fall short, and how behavioral AI is reshaping outbound protection.

Download the report to explore key findings from our research, including:

  • 96% of organizations experienced data loss or exposure from misdirected email in the past year

  • 95% saw measurable business impact, from remediation costs to compliance violations

  • 97% favor behavioral AI as the most effective approach to preventing these incidents

  • On average, teams spend over 400 hours managing false positives from current solutions.


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