Cyber Security | Dartford & north Kent
Email Security in Dartford
Today's phishing rarely looks like phishing. Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace stop the obvious spam, but impersonation, hijacked supplier accounts and payment fraud emails sail straight through. Our cloud email security catches the attacks your built-in filters miss.
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The Scam Emails Your Filters Wave Straight Through
Modern attackers exploit trust rather than technical flaws. These are the email threats slipping past standard filtering and landing in Dartford inboxes every day.
Business email compromise
Criminals pose as a director, supplier or finance colleague to push through an urgent payment or extract sensitive data, often without a single link or attachment.
Example"Can you get this transfer done before 3pm? I'm about to board and won't have signal."
Supplier account compromise
A genuine supplier's mailbox is taken over and used to send fake invoices or bank detail changes, replying inside an email thread your team already trusts.
Example"Just a heads up, our bank details have changed. Please use the new account on the attached remittance."
Spear phishing
Messages written for one person or team, using details pulled from LinkedIn, company websites or earlier breaches to look completely believable.
Example"Great to meet you at the expo last week. The slides from the session are ready for you here."
Credential harvesting
Links rather than attachments, leading to convincing copies of Microsoft 365, Google or online banking sign-in pages that capture passwords.
Example"Your password expires today. Sign in now to avoid losing access to your mailbox."
Executive and brand impersonation
Lookalike domains, spoofed colleagues and fake notifications from trusted names such as Microsoft, DocuSign or Xero, all designed to prompt a quick click.
Example"A document has been shared with you for signature. Review it here."
Account takeover
Once an internal mailbox is compromised it sends phishing to colleagues, clients and suppliers, slipping past external filters because it comes from inside your business.
Example"Quick favour, could you send me the client list? My laptop is playing up and I need it for the 2pm call."
Our approach
A Smarter Way to Stop Email Threats
Cloud email security examines the behaviour, language, intent and identity behind every message, spotting suspicious emails in real time even when they pass every conventional check.
Up and running in minutes
Connects to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace through an API. No MX record changes, no disruption to mail flow and no hardware to install.
Learns your normal
Builds a picture of how your people usually communicate, then flags anything unusual in tone, timing, requests or sender identity.
Many signals at once
Weighs sender history, intent, urgency, link destinations and impersonation patterns together rather than one at a time.
Automatic clean-up
Dangerous emails are pulled from inboxes, quarantined and reported automatically, with our security team handling anything that needs escalating.
How it works
An Extra Layer, Not a Replacement
Cloud email security sits behind the protection you already have and inspects everything that makes it through. Your existing filtering stays exactly where it is.
- Layer 1
Incoming email
- External senders
- Supplier mailboxes
- Brand and service notifications
- Layer 2
Built-in filtering
- Sender reputation
- Blocklists
- Attachment scanning
- Known threats blocked
- Layer 3
Behavioural detection
- Sender behaviour
- Language and intent
- Identity checks
- Link and payload analysis
- Anomaly detection
The difference
Built-In Protection vs Layered Protection
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace include solid filtering. Here is what changes when cloud email security is added on top.
Built-in filtering only
- Relies on signatures and known threat data
- Misses brand new social engineering attacks
- Cannot spot a compromised internal account
- Trusts anything sent from a legitimate domain
- Leaves your staff as the last line of defence
- Successful attacks can go unnoticed for weeks
With cloud email security
- Behavioural analysis catches attacks that carry no malware
- New phishing and BEC attempts detected in real time
- Account takeover picked up through anomaly detection
- Lookalike domains and impersonation flagged automatically
- Our security team investigates and responds for you
- Your existing filtering stays fully in place
Frequently asked questions
Email Security Questions From Dartford Businesses
Do we need extra email security if we already use Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
Yes. The built-in filters do a good job with spam and known malware, but most modern phishing carries no malware at all and is written to look genuine. Cloud email security adds a behavioural layer that catches business email compromise, impersonation and account takeover that get past the defaults.
What is business email compromise (BEC)?
BEC is a scam in which an attacker pretends to be a director, supplier or member of the finance team to trick staff into sending money, sharing data or changing bank details. The emails rarely contain links or attachments, which is exactly why standard filters miss them.
How is this different from a traditional secure email gateway?
Traditional gateways rely on signatures, sender reputation and blocklists. Cloud email security looks at behaviour, wording, intent and identity, so it can flag a message that appears legitimate but shows the hallmarks of social engineering or a hijacked account.
Will it replace our current email filtering?
No. It sits behind your existing protection as an additional layer. Your spam and malware filtering stays in place, and cloud email security picks off the more sophisticated attacks that make it through.
How quickly can it be set up?
Most businesses are protected within one working day. It connects to your mailboxes through an API, so there is no hardware, no MX record change and no interruption to your email.
Does it protect against account takeover?
Yes. It monitors identity signals and unusual sending behaviour, so a hijacked internal mailbox sending fake invoices or strange requests is caught, even though the email comes from a real account.
Get in touch
Talk to an Email Security Team in Dartford
Tell us which email platform you use and what is getting through, and we will recommend the right protection. Call 01322 783 314, email hello@dartforditsupport.co.uk or send us a message and an engineer will get back to you.
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