New social engineering techniques driven by business email compromise are costing businesses hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Every business is a target and attack success rates are alarmingly high. These techniques are undetected by antivirus, firewalls, IDS sensors and the email protections (SPF/DKIM). It’s essential that organizations adopt the proper business procedures to validate the authenticity of any email communications used to initiate financial transactions in order to avoid becoming the next victim.