The Human-Centric Email Exfiltration Crisis and How to Stop it Cold

Most data exfiltration doesn’t start with sophisticated malware, it starts with a person and a simple email action. Whether intentional or accidental, employees forwarding sensitive information to personal accounts, partners, or competitors continues to expose organizations to regulatory, financial, and reputational risk. On March 19, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern/10:00 a.m. Pacific, sponsor Proofpoint and host ISC2 examine how human-driven email data loss unfolds inside real organizations, what current Data Loss Assessments (DLAs) reveal about everyday user behavior, and why traditional, rule-based DLP controls often fail to detect subtle but high-risk activity. We’ll also discuss how behavioral AI and machine learning are enabling security teams to move from reactive detection to proactive prevention. You’ll learn: -Why user-driven email exfiltration remains a persistent, overlooked risk -Key insights from recent cross-industry Data Loss Assessments, including: - Engineers sending proprietary designs externally - Legal staff exporting sensitive client data before departure - Healthcare employees emailing credentials and unencrypted patient records - Finance teams sharing confidential revenue data outside the organization -How behavioral analysis detects personal emails and high-risk destinations -How anomaly detection flags spikes in sensitive attachments and unusual recipient activity that static DLP misses