Email has existed for almost as long as the internet has, and despite the advent of social networks, blogging, instant messaging, and so on, email remains one of the most popular ways to communicate online.

Unfortunately, email is also the number one target for cybercriminals and hackers to gain access to you and your customers' data. That's right, it's not by going after your network or your website (even though those are also prime targets), but rather your email.

Even if you believe that your online business is not at risk, the truth is that 43% of all cyberattacks are aimed directly at small online businesses. As a result, this is simply not a risk that you can ignore, at least not if you strongly value keeping your company and customer data safe.

In this blog post, we'll discuss what these mistakes are and how you can easily avoid them. Let's get started.