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           Manhattan D.A. Vance

Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Cyrus Vance, Jr., the Manhattan District Attorney, recently spoke at a security conference in New York City.  Fortune reported on the event.

At the event, Secretary Johnson reiterated his long-standing warning about the perils of evil email that appear to come from a trusted source. Secretary Johnson observed,

The most devastating attacks by the most sophisticated attackers almost always begin with the simple act of spear-phishing.

District Attorney Vance echoed the Secretary’s observations,

Phishing—mundane as it is—is the biggest threat we face and need to tackle.

Bad guys leverage the fact that it is difficult to tell real emails from fake emails. SP Guard helps identify real emails to defend against phishing attacks.