Why Technical Controls Are Not Enough
Spam filtering, MFA and endpoint protection all reduce risk. None of them close the gap where a person is persuaded to do something legitimate-looking.
- 01Filters catch known-bad patterns. Targeted phishing aimed at your finance team is written to look normal and often does
- 02Business email compromise usually involves no malware at all, so there is nothing for a scanner to detect
- 03Invoice fraud and supplier bank-change requests exploit process gaps, not software vulnerabilities
- 04MFA fatigue attacks work precisely because the technical control is present and the human is tired of it
- 05The realistic goal is not zero clicks. It is fast reporting when a click happens