--- title: "SaaS Makes Business Easier and More Vulnerable | Phish Protection" description: "SaaS Makes Business Easier and More Vulnerable: Software-as-a-service SaaS is being used more and more to deliver mission critical services to business of." image: "https://phishprotection.com/og/blog/saas-makes-business-easier-and-more-vulnerable.png" canonical: "https://phishprotection.com/blog/saas-makes-business-easier-and-more-vulnerable/" --- Quick Answer SaaS business is expected to\[ grow almost 18% this year\](https://www.bmc.com/blogs/saas-growth-trends/) up to $85 billion, according to Gartner. With an industry that big and growing fast, you knew it wouldn't be long before it caught the attention of hackers. 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Examples of SaaS services include customer relationship management (CRM), eCommerce, storage and email delivery. SaaS business is expected to[ grow almost 18% this year](https://www.bmc.com/blogs/saas-growth-trends/) up to $85 billion, according to Gartner. With an industry that big and growing fast, you knew it wouldn’t be long before it caught the attention of hackers. According to the[ APWG Q1 2019 Phishing Activity Trends Report](https://docs.apwg.org/reports/apwg%5Ftrends%5Freport%5Fq1%5F2019.pdf), _SaaS/Webmail businesses are now the most targeted businesses for **phishing attacks**_, representing 36% of all targets. It even surpasses attacks on the payment industry (27%). According to an[ article on Help Net Security website](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/05/20/saas-webmail-phishing-increased/), “Phishers are interested in stealing logins to SaaS sites because they yield financial data and also personnel data, which can be leveraged for **spear-phishing**.” The chances are your business uses SaaS. And if your business is the target of a phishing attack based on that SaaS provider, there’s a good chance _it will be effective because it will appear to be an ordinary part of your daily business activity._ That’s why phishing attacks are so successful. They fit right into your daily routine so you don’t notice them. And more and more, that means taking advantage of SaaS. When it comes to **SaaS phishing attacks**, it’s difficult to depend on **phishing awareness training**. Afterall, awareness training is about teaching employees to look for things out of the ordinary. SaaS services used by your company are completely ordinary, so interacting with what appears to be a frequently-used SaaS product will hardly raise suspicion. ![Anti phishing software](https://media.mailhop.org/phishprotection/images/2019/06/anti-phishing-software-3906.jpg) #### It takes SaaS to prevent SaaS phishing _You’re going to need [phishing protection](/content/phishing-prevention/) technology to protect your company from SaaS phishing attacks_. Ironically, the best way to do that is with SaaS: [cloud-based email security](/) with real-time **link click protection**. As[ ransomware and malware attacks continue to decline](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/05/20/ransomware-attacks-decline/), phishing attacks continue to rise. And they will continue to target the most high profile, profitable and vulnerable parts of your business. And today, that means attacks on SaaS products used by your company. To protect your company from phishing attacks, including those on SaaS products you use, try [PhishProtection](/pricing/) risk free for 30 days. ## Topics [ Phishing ](/tags/phishing/) ![Brad Slavin](https://media.mailhop.org/phishprotection/images/authors/brad-slavin.jpg) [ Brad Slavin ](/authors/brad-slavin/) General Manager Founder and General Manager of DuoCircle. Product strategy and commercial lead across DuoCircle's 2,000+ customer base. [LinkedIn Profile →](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradslavin) ## Protect your inbox from phishing attacks Real-time email security with 60-day free trial. No credit card required. 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