Avanan Benefits

DM
Chief Information Security Officer at a media company with 201-500 employees

We have had a significant decline from people accidentally or intentionally clicking on things. For the most part, that is just a lot of education, training, and awareness. There are also the notifications that Avanan does when it may let something go through because it's a legitimate sender but it might give you some information on it, saying, "Hey, this person always sends you an email from their corporate email address. Now, they are sending you something from their personal email address. Be very skeptical, heads up on it, and see what is going on."

We have had attackers send emails to everybody where they were completely fine and nothing was wrong with them whatsoever. They were trying to trick the system to create a confidence level to say, "Oh, yeah. We've always had emails from this person and they're fine. When they send us something that looks like phishing, or is bad, just ignore it because it's a trusted sender." Avanan doesn't do that. Avanan looks at everything independently regardless of if there is historical information. It will say, "This person has already sent you stuff and it's trusted," because at any given time that person's email account could be compromised, or they could be forwarding something that was compromised. They don't discriminate in regards to trust of letting something go through because they inspect everything regardless if it's trusted or not.

The customization was not necessarily a factor for corporate, but it was for television shows and movies because they have different requirements as they go through and have different technology stacks. Because every movie is different, e.g., they want to use different cameras, technology, and solutions, we have to be very flexible in how we roll out the different technology and security to these different pieces.

We just pay attention to see what is going on. Avanan helps us with some trending and modeling of where the attacks are going and who may be the next perceived victim of an attack. This has reduced our SOC team's workload, especially on the administration side of email. The standard things that you would have to do on your remediation paths, workflows, etc. It has really freed up a lot of time.

Avanan has allowed our business to really focus on other different pieces. However, when you look at the tabletop map of the whole battlefield, i.e., the whole war plan, it allows you to reposition resources in other areas that need more attention.

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JA
IT Project Manager at Orange España

We are using Microsoft Office 365 for our work collaboration and Slack for team collaboration. Data protection is our big concern as we have many applications, many portals, and many apps in which there is user information and private information available. 

We do not want certain things to be disclosed or leaked or have the information given to any third party. That's why we implement it. With this product, all inbound and outbound emails are secure. It's directly being sent to our different clients and the different users worldwide, and it is safe.

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BW
Digital Coordinator at Modis

Email inspection has saved many employees from spam attacks and viruses from unauthorized sources. 

Attached email links can be easily tracked to ensure they are safe for sharing among parties. 

Avanan Cloud Email Security classifies emails and content for faster search and identification. 

Integration with Office 365 enables teams to share large volumes of documents under secure infrastructure. Cases of malicious email transfer from one team to the other have vanished since we secured this tool. 

Categorization of client contacts assists the sales and marketing team in accessing customer contacts faster during marketing campaigns.

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JH
Payroll Specialist at Dice

This software has kept the company information systems very secure for a long period, and we are proud of that. 

Email security had given teams headaches for a long time before we bounced on this software. It responds faster to any threats, and the cost of management is relatively low compared to most solutions in the market. 

The customer support team has worked with us since we deployed it and have provided us with clear guidance and provisions, including necessary support tools. Malicious emails that were being shared with viruses cannot leak into an inbox without being detected.

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AB
Senior Accountant at SORECO

Sharing email and confidential data has been secured effectively, and each employee can share information without fear of cyber attacks. 

It has reduced worries that were experienced before by members when sharing emails and other internal documents. 

It prevents our communication infrastructure from hackers who can slow down workflows and expose important data. 

It saves time by detecting automatically malware emails and channeling them into spam folders. 

Employees have the full potential to bring out the best without fear of being attacked.

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Sudhir  Parmar - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager / Business consultant at DRC Systems

The program has reduced the dangers related to phishing, malware, ransomware, and other vulnerabilities. Consequently, our IT expenditures related to them have dropped. Furthermore, it guarantees that spam is eliminated before it can reach any direct message.

Also, it helps with comprehensive real-time email screening, providing complete protection. It quarantines unwanted and suspect emails to gain time and defend against risks.

Overall, this makes it simpler for companies to rely on this technology to guard them against unforeseen threats, weaknesses, and assaults.

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SF
Software Engineer at Doddle

I have experienced a secure environment where employees can share files with their colleagues without any external attacks. 

This platform classifies data to ensure that users can easily locate information from both the cloud and on-premise databases. Integration with other applications took place efficiently, and the operating system supported it. 

When we don't understand some functionalities, the customer support staff responds fast to our calls and provides immediate action. 

Phishing and malware attacks have been forgotten since we deployed this software.

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AG
Planning Analyst at Ovato

This tool has helped the company mostly in managing emailing systems and enhancing data security. It has stopped the spread of unsafe data across the company networking system. Email collaboration helps employees in the organization manage online meetings in a secure environment. 

Avanan Cloud Email Security has empowered teams with modern data security management knowledge and provided enough awareness that helps employees to prepare for any outcomes. It accelerates the speed of sharing information between our members with comprehensive security measures. 

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CZ
Java Developer at EROAD

This solution has helped the company protect confidential information that might potentially leak through emails and expose critical secrets. Monitoring the entire email networking system has enabled teams to share documents without fear of being attacked. Customers have expressed their satisfaction with our communication system since it is encrypted from end-to-end. We are grateful for the solution and its great advances in connecting teams under a secure environment that cybercriminals cannot compromise.

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Business Development Manager at DRC Systems India Pvt. Ltd

The product has reduced the risks like malware, ransomware, phishing, and other vulnerabilities hence reducing our IT cost against the same. It also ensures that spam doesn't reach any primary mail and gets junked. 

It also helps in the in-depth screening of all the emails on a real-time basis, thus providing complete protection. It quarantines unwanted and suspected emails, thus saving from threats and also saving time.

Overall, this helps organizations rely on this tool for future unforeseen attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities.

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Diana Alvarado - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Admin at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Check Point Avanan provided us with all the required protection in a single tool for our Microsoft office 365 environment and the tools that we use (SharePoint and OneDrive). It helped us to improve automated protection and prevented the loss of sensitive information in a simple way. In addition, it's providing anti-malware and anti-phishing protection.

This technology is one of Check Point's acquisitions, and it is currently a powerful tool that provides all the protection that is not found in other tools.

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BH
Data Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have highly benefited from this platform since we deployed it. 

It has provided reliable security to our email infrastructure and developed a secure working environment. We used to encounter a lot of challenges of losing data and unauthorized external attacks by cyber hackers. It ensures there is an effective collaboration among the team members in the entire company. Prevention of phishing emails has enabled my colleagues to focus on more important production programs without fear of malware attacks.

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KS
Database & Internal Processes Coordinator at Legacy Project Services Group

The product is so easy to implement; it wasn't a burden. Now, we aren't worried about any email threats as Avanan catches everything. 

It has improved our organization by allowing our small IT team to keep their eyes on our whole company. We now don't have to worry about our employees clicking links that are not safe. Avanan even replaces the links to ensure they are safe. 

It also catches all the impersonation emails we get that are quite sneaky - even those trying to change bank accounts and whatnot, which is definitely scary.

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SL
Software Engineer at CloudSense

The enhancement of clean emailing and messaging infrastructure has been a great achievement promoted by this platform. 

It can detect corrupted files and filters out documents with viruses. It is easy to deploy and run this software across various related networking infrastructure to safeguard privacy. 

It has blocked most phishing attacks that used to appear with emails and saved our employees time. Sending documents and sharing confidential information through this platform is ever secure due to end-to-end encryption.

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it_user712032 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant/Strategist

As stated earlier, Avanan was not implemented in Telstra corporate environment, due to a business case budget limitation.

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March 2024
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