StrongestLayer spent the week highlighting how artificial intelligence is reshaping email security, using a webinar with Quick Intelligence to underscore the speed, scale, and low cost of AI-enhanced cyberattacks. Executives warned that highly rational, unconstrained attackers are rapidly exploiting gaps in traditional email defenses.
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Management emphasized that AI has driven the cost of advanced attacks from tens of dollars to mere pennies, with internal data citing AI-driven spear-phishing campaigns achieving click rates of 54% at an estimated cost of $0.04 per attack. StrongestLayer argued this rising attacker profitability is putting intense pressure on legacy secure email gateways and sandboxing tools.
The company positioned its platform as a next-generation email and identity security layer designed to stop threats before they reach “Patient Zero” and to counter multi-vector, adversary-in-the-middle campaigns that can bypass multi-factor authentication. It reported that typical campaigns now chain four or more evasive techniques and increasingly move malicious steps off email entirely.
StrongestLayer said more than half of the attacks it sees bypassing secure email gateways use four or more evasive methods, reinforcing the need for behavior- and workflow-aware security, particularly in Microsoft-centric environments. The firm framed this as a structural shift in the threat landscape that requires architectural changes rather than incremental tuning of existing tools.
To advance its go-to-market and thought-leadership efforts, StrongestLayer is relying on webinars, partnerships, and new media, including a podcast titled “The Reasoning” hosted by CEO Alan LeFort and CCO Karen L. The first episode focused on the 12–14 month cadence of AI capability shifts, attacker-defender asymmetry, and key questions CISOs should ask when reassessing risk models.
While the company did not disclose new financial metrics, customer wins, or concrete product launches, its communications concentrated on educating the market about AI-driven email and identity threats. If StrongestLayer successfully converts this visibility and positioning into product adoption and deeper customer relationships, these efforts could strengthen its competitive standing and support longer-term growth prospects.