How much time do you lose to spam?

Nobody likes spam. I’m not talking about the salty canned meat. I’m talking about the clutter in your inbox.

It goes beyond the annoyance of having to clear it out. Having to take the time to sort through spam is a real productivity killer.

A new report shows that your employees could be wasting up to 80 hours per year filtering through and deleting useless emails. That’s a lot of time.

On any given day, between 45% and 85% of emails are spam. That also accounts for malicious emails that are hoping to infect your system. And even though we don’t all receive the same amount of email, the hours lost to sorting the important from the junk add up for all of us.

If you add up all this lost time across your organization, the cost of the wasted time could be shocking.

Beyond that, with a portion of these emails being malicious phishing attempts, you’re looking at a sizable security risk as well.

There are several things you can do to reduce the time spent dealing with spam.

The first thing we recommend is making use of the spam and junk filtering included in your email service.

We believe it’s also important to utilized dedicated anti-spam and anti-phishing tools.

The last and arguably most important thing I’ll recommend, is user training. Make your staff aware of the risks that come with spam, how to spot phishing emails, and the best way to deal with them to save time and reduce the chances of opening the door to malware or a data breach.

If you’d like help making sure your company has the right tools, processes, and training in place, we’d be happy to talk to you.