Over 90% of all cyber attacks start with a phishing email to an unsuspecting victim. As cyber criminal techniques become more sophisticated, how can businesses keep their communication channels safe? On this episode, David Raissipour, Chief Technology and Product Officer at the cloud-based cybersecurity company Mimecast, discusses the importance of cyber protection education and shares how his engineering team innovates to give businesses the upper hand over cyber threats.

Tune in to learn:

• The importance of cybersecurity education (07:11)
• How Mimecast innovates for new kinds of cyber crime (13:56)
• How the current economy is impacting the cybersecurity industry (28:01)
• The demand for cybersecurity jobs (33:20)

Mentions:

• “Closing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap” (IT Visionaries podcast; Episode 425)

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