IRONSCALES vs. Secure Email Gateways
          
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                Mailbox-level Behavioral Analysis
               
              
                Analyzing user behavior patterns within the mailbox to detect anomalies and threats.
                                   
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                Domain Lookalike Detection
               
              
                Identifying emails from domains that mimic legitimate ones to prevent phishing attacks.
                                   
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                Internal/Sender Impersonation Protection
               
              
                Safeguarding against emails that impersonate internal users or trusted senders.
                                   
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                External Vendor Impersonation Protection
               
              
                Protecting against emails that spoof external vendors or partners to deceive recipients.
                                   
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                Inbound Email Protection
               
              
                Comprehensive security measures for incoming emails to block threats and spam.
                                   
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                Contextual Anti-Phishing Banners
               
              
                Displaying alerts within emails to highlight potential phishing risks based on context.
                                   
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                90-Day Inbox Scanback
               
              
                Reviewing the last 90 days of email history to identify missed threats.
                                   
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                Account Takeover (ATO) Protection
               
              
                Defending against unauthorized access and control of user email accounts.
                                   
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                VIP Impersonation Protection
               
              
                Protecting high-profile targets from email spoofing and impersonation attempts.
                                   
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                NLP BEC Protection
               
              
                Using Natural Language Processing to detect and prevent Business Email Compromise scams.
                                   
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                URL/Link/Attachment Inspection
               
              
                Analyzing links and attachments for malicious content in emails.
                                   
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                Multi Anti-Virus Scanning
               
              
                Employing multiple antivirus engines to scan and detect email-borne threats.
                                   
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                File Sandboxing
               
              
                Isolating and executing suspicious files in a virtual environment to detect threats.
                                   
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                Fake Login Page Detection (Computer Vision)
               
              
                Identifying fraudulent login pages using computer vision techniques.
                                   
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                Mobile Email Client Support
               
              
                Ensuring email security features are compatible with mobile email clients.
                                   
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                Community-led Threat Protection
               
              
                Leveraging collective intelligence from the user community to enhance threat detection.
                                   
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                User-Reported Spam Auto-Classification
               
              
                Automatically categorizing user-reported spam for improved filtering accuracy.
                                   
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                Reporter Reputation Scoring
               
              
                Evaluating the credibility of users reporting spam and threats.
                                   
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                Automatic Company-wide Email Clustering and Analysis
               
              
                Grouping and analyzing emails across the organization for patterns and threats.
                                   
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                Automatic Polymorphic Campaign Detection
               
              
                Identifying and mitigating polymorphic email threats that change their appearance.
                                   
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                Affected Mailbox Real-Time Detection
               
              
                Instant identification of mailboxes impacted by email threats.
                                   
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                One-click or Automatic Remediation (including non IOC emails)
               
              
                Quickly removing threats from mailboxes with minimal user intervention.
                                   
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                Native Mobile App for Incident Response
               
              
                A mobile application designed for managing and responding to email security incidents.
                                   
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                Autonomous/AI-Powered Incident Response
               
              
                Automated response to email threats using artificial intelligence.
                                   
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                Autonomous/AI-Powered Incident Response
               
              
                Implementing email security without modifying Mail Exchange (MX) records.
                                   
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                No MX Record Changes
               
              
                Ensuring DMARC protocols are followed without interrupting email flow.
                                   
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                Non-Disruptive DMARC Integrity
               
              
                Simplified and quick implementation of email security solutions.
                                   
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                Two-click Deployment
               
              
                Hosting email security solutions in the cloud for scalability and accessibility.
                                   
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                Cloud Deployment
               
              
                Supporting on-premises Microsoft Exchange environments for email security.
                                   
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                Exchange On-prem Support
               
              
                Supporting on-premises Microsoft Exchange environments for email security.
                                   
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                Email Archiving
               
              
                Storing emails securely for long-term access and compliance.
                                   
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                Email eDiscovery and Compliance
               
              
                Tools for retrieving and managing emails for legal and regulatory purposes.
                                   
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                Email Encryption
               
              
                Securing email content through encryption to protect sensitive information.
                                   
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                Email Security Professional/Managed Services
               
              
                Providing expert management and oversight of email security solutions.
                                   
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Why IRONSCALES?
Our platform protects your employee's inboxes from advanced phishing attacks that others miss, with the only technology that combines AI and human insights. Our platform is quick to deploy and dead simple to manage (so you get instant protection).
Advanced Threat Protection
        
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      SIMULATIONS & TRAINING
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- Phishing simulation testing
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 - Dynamic email banners
 
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