Webinar

Presented by Mimecast

The New Face of

Business Email Compromise

How AI Changed Everything

Thursday

26

MAR

2:00 PM –
3:00 PM EST

See How They Win

This Business Email Compromise webinar reveals how attackers weaponize AI and collaboration tools to execute sophisticated BEC attacks that bypass traditional email security controls entirely. Don’t be the next headline.

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Why This Business Email Compromise Webinar Matters Now

BEC isn’t what it used to be. Attackers have moved far beyond simple CEO fraud emails — they’re now combining generative AI, Microsoft 365 exploitation, and behavioral manipulation to execute attacks that traditional security controls never see coming. If your team uses Teams, SharePoint, or OneDrive, you’re already facing attack vectors that didn’t exist two years ago.

$2.9B

ANNUAL BEC LOSSES – FBI IC3

98%

ATTACKS RELY ON SOCIAL ENGINEERING

35%

RISE IN M365 – BASED BEC ATTACKS

$125k

AVG LOSS PER BEC INCIDENT

What You'll Learn

Four Things You'll Walk Away Knowing

How BEC Evolved Beyond the Inbox

  • Why Microsoft 365 and Teams are the new BEC frontline
  • Real tactics attackers use to impersonate executives through chat and file sharing
  • The convergence of phishing, impersonation, and internal tool abuse in 2026

The AI Escalation

  • How generative AI creates contextually perfect phishing messages at scale
  • Why traditional email filters fail against AI-crafted social engineering
  • Real-world examples of AI-generated BEC attacks that succeeded

Detection That Actually Works

  • How AI-powered behavioral analysis identifies anomalies humans miss
  • The difference between pattern matching and true anomaly detection
  • What “normal” looks like for your executives — and how deviations expose threats

Practical Defense Strategies

  • Implementing AI-based defenses without ripping out existing infrastructure
  • Reducing financial exposure through layered detection controls
  • Building employee awareness around modern BEC tactics

Our Approach

What Makes This Different

1

No Sales Pitch

Education, not a product demo. We show you how threats work and what stops them — regardless of your current security stack.

2

Real Threat Intelligence

Examples pulled from actual attack campaigns we’ve analyzed — not theoretical scenarios lifted from vendor marketing.

3

Actionable Takeaways

Every attendee leaves with steps they can implement immediately: policy changes, tool configs, and training adjustments.

4

Forward-Looking Context

We address how BEC tactics will shift as encryption standards evolve — giving you a defense perspective that holds up long-term.

Meet our Speaker

Andrew Basler, Senior Sales Engineer at Mimecast, presenting email security webinar for Ridge IT Cyber on March 26, 2026

Andrew Basler

Senior Sales Engineer
Mimecast