Understand why an email account can become the recovery route into many other services.
Your main email account can be the recovery route into many other accounts. If someone controls it, they may be able to reset passwords or receive security messages. Protect it with strong authentication, secure recovery methods and careful handling of unexpected sign-in requests.
Read more in the Knowledge Center →Trace how control of one email account can affect password resets and other services.
Practice the mapped scenarios →Review which recovery and sign-in controls protect your most important email account.
Test the security practice associated with this module and see where your current habits need attention.
Assess this area →Strengthen the email account that acts as a gateway to other services.
Open Security Hub →After improving the habit, reassess it. The goal is not one perfect session; it is a safer pattern that holds up over time.
Reassess your security →Knowledge Center lessons explain the subject in depth. This module connects that knowledge to practice, verification and measurable improvement.
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