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Cloud Email Security Solutions

Cloud Email Security

What is Cloud Email Security Solutions?

Cloud Email Security work with cloud email providers to secure email traffic and protect users and organizations from phishing attempts, email hijacking of supply chain, and email identity protection for organization and individual mailboxes. The administrative interfaces are web-based and configurability varies across Cloud Email Security providers.

Common Features

  • Administrator Dashboard and Reporting
  • Administrator Email Processing
  • Email Account Protection
  • Anti-Spoofing Protection
  • Malware Blocking
  • O365 integration
  • Phishing Protection
  • End-User Warnings in Email Client Software
  • Integration with Other Security Software
  • Tagging
  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
  • Data Loss Prevention
  • Managed Services Offering
  • Threat intelligence Information
  • User Flagging of Suspicious Emails
  • Bulk Remediation

Top Cloud Email Security Solutions

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Top Cloud Email Security Solutions 2024

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

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9.0 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10

What is Check Point Email Security? Avanan is now Check Point Email Security, a cloud email security platform that pioneered and patented a new approach to prevent sophisticated attacks. The platform uses APIs to block phishing, malware, and data leakage in the line of communications traffic. This means we catch threats missed by Microsoft while adding a transparent layer of security for the entire suite that also protects other collaboration tools like Slack.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
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IronScales Ltd

IRONSCALES

Composite Score
8.9 /10
CX Score
9.1 /10

IRONSCALES is the leading cloud email security platform for the enterprise and the industry’s only solution that uses AI and human insights (HI) to stop advanced phishing. Its award-winning, self-learning platform continuously detects and remediates attacks like BEC, ATO, and VIP impersonation that bypass traditional security solutions. Powerful, simple, and adaptive, IRONSCALES helps enterprises reduce risk, boost security team efficiency, and increase cybersecurity awareness. IRONSCALES is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is proud to support more than 10,000 global enterprises. Visit www.ironscales.com or @IRONSCALES to learn more.

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Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
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Composite Score
8.5 /10
CX Score
8.9 /10

SpamTitan reduces spam, viruses, malware and other email threats by over 99.9%. We provide sophisticated email security for your business without making it complicated.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Caring
  • Respectful
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Composite Score
8.5 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10

Detect and stop advanced threats Prevent known and unknown threats with Advanced Threat Protection—even those that don't use malware—from reaching your people. Advanced Threat Protection is a security solution that defends against complex malware or hacking attacks that target sensitive data within an organization. Protect against advanced threats with the industry’s most robust email security platform and the most accurate view of the email threat landscape.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Continually Improving Product
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Composite Score
8.2 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

Vade Secure for Microsoft 365 offers a native user experience and best-in-class protection powered by artificial intelligence. Vade Secure integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 via an API-based architecture, with no disruption to your customers’ email flow. As a result, MSPs are able to augment Microsoft 365 security with a complementary layer of AI-based threat detection.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
Perception Point Ltd

Perception Point

Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

Perception Point is a Prevention-as-a-Service company, offering fast interception of any content-based attack across all collaboration channels including email, cloud storage, CRM apps, and messaging platforms. We prevent phishing, BEC, spam, malware, Zero-days, N-days well before it reaches the enterprise’s end-users. Deployed in minutes with no change to the enterprise’s infrastructure, our solution confirms with any policy and requires zero fuss from IT teams. On top of that, we offer a significant added value service through our Incident Response team that serves as a force multiplier to the enterprise’s SOC team.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
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Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.8 /10

The Barracuda Email Security Gateway is an email security gateway that manages and filters all inbound and outbound email traffic to protect organizations from email-borne threats and data leaks. As a complete email management solution, the Barracuda Email Security Gateway lets organizations encrypt messages and leverage the cloud to spool email if mail servers become unavailable..

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Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
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Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

Small and midsized businesses (SMBs) are targeted with the same cyber attacks as large enterprises. Proofpoint Essentials is a cybersecurity platform that provides your SMB with enterprise-class protection, security awareness training, and visibility. And it gives you a modern, simplified management experience. This is Enterprise-Class Cybersecurity for SMBs. Essentials Email Security leverages the same enterprise-class security that powers some of the world’s largest and most security-conscious companies. This visibility and security gives you the protection you need for your greatest security risk—your people.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Inspires Innovation
Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

Safeguard Microsoft Office 365, Google G Suite, and on-premises email with the industry’s most complete email security solution.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Security Protects
  • Respectful
  • Fair
Abnormal Security

Abnormal Security

Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

The Abnormal Security platform protects enterprises from targeted email attacks. Abnormal Behavior Technology (ABX) models the identity of both employees and external senders, profiles relationships and analyzes email content to stop attacks that lead to account takeover, financial damage and organizational mistrust. Though one-click, API-based Office 365 and G Suite integration, Abnormal sets up in minutes and does not disrupt email flow.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Effective Service