World Cloud Security Day Highlights Outbound Email Governance Gap

Exclaimer report finds 83% of organizations struggle with email misuse, inconsistency, and risk

Mar. 31, 2026 at 10:59am

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On World Cloud Security Day, a new report from email signature management provider Exclaimer reveals that while cloud security has matured in controlling access, governance of outbound communication like email has not kept pace. The findings show that 83% of organizations are experiencing issues with email misuse, inconsistency, and risk, highlighting a critical blind spot as communication volumes and complexity increase.

Why it matters

As email remains a central business communication channel, the lack of consistent governance around outbound messages can introduce compliance risks, brand integrity issues, and a loss of customer trust. This gap is intensifying as communication scales and becomes more distributed across users, devices, and AI-assisted tools.

The details

According to Exclaimer, the leading provider of email signature management solutions, cloud security has matured significantly when it comes to controlling access to systems, but governance of communication within those systems hasn't kept pace. Governance often breaks down at the point of execution, where individual users, manual processes, and fragmented tools create inconsistency and reduce control.

  • World Cloud Security Day was on March 31, 2026.
  • Exclaimer's State of Business Email 2025 report found that 83% of organizations reported issues related to email misuse, inconsistency, or risk.

The players

Exclaimer

The leading provider of email signature management solutions and a winner of the 2025/26 Cloud Awards for leadership in SaaS and cloud workplace culture.

Karl Bagci

Director of IT and Information Security at Exclaimer.

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What they’re saying

“World Cloud Security Day is a reminder that most organizations have gotten very good at controlling who gets into their systems, but far fewer are controlling what comes out.”

— Karl Bagci, Director of IT and Information Security

“This creates a critical blind spot at the point where communication exits the organization, affecting compliance, brand integrity, and customer trust.”

— Karl Bagci, Director of IT and Information Security

What’s next

Exclaimer says that as communication scales and becomes more distributed, ensuring consistency requires policy-driven enforcement that operates in real time across the entire organization.

The takeaway

World Cloud Security Day highlights that cloud security is no longer just about protecting systems, but also managing the flow of information across them, including governing critical business communication channels like email.