Research found 53% gap between best and worst email security solutions
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A recent report analyzed email security solutions' popularity and efficiency over the last four years. According to At-Bay research, the two email solutions that performed the best in their category were Mimecast and Google Workspace.
The dataset used for the analysis includes details from the mid-to-small-size businesses that held an At-Bay policy from mid-2018 up until May 2022, and also experienced a security incident where the attack vector included a malicious email or network security attack against a local email server.
Email Security Solutions
Researchers found a gap of 53% between the best- and worst-performing email security solutions when analyzing incident-related claims that included email.
The email security solution associated with the lowest number of security incidents involving email is Mimecast.
Other high-performing email security solutions, in order of effectiveness after Mimecast, were Sophos, Intermedia, Appriver and Proofpoint.
Email Solutions
Organizations using cloud-based email products like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace experienced significantly fewer security incidents compared to those that operate an on-premises email infrastructure (e.g., Microsoft Exchange).
On average, Google Workspace customers saw about 40% fewer security incidents compared to the email solutions category average.
Read the full report here.
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