About the Author: Tom Bain is Vice President of Security Strategies and Marketing for Morphisec. He has over 15+ years of experience with leading IT Security organizations, including leading strategic go-to-market, analyst, market research, communications, digital marketing, demand generation and partner marketing.
Phishing emails remain the number one delivery mechanism for ransomware. The ransomware attack on the Lansing Board of Water and Light in Michigan, which forced the utility to shut down its accounting system, email service and phone lines, succeeded because a single employee opened an attachment to a phishing email.