Introduction
This case study of a Global 500 healthcare company is based on a January 2018 survey of Agari customers by TechValidate, a third-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.
The Challenge
The profiled healthcare company evaluated and ultimately selected Agari Phishing Defense to deploy advanced threat protection for email security.
Use Case
They use Proofpoint as their existing Secure Email Gateway and they chose Agari Phishing Defense to shield themselves from:
- Spear phishing
- Business email compromise/executive spoofing
- Ransomware
- Spam
Results
The surveyed healthcare company achieved the following results with Agari Phishing Defense:
- Prevented advanced email-based attacks that are currently bypassing existing security
- Prevented data breaches initiated via email
- Reduced costs of investigating suspicious messages
Rated Agari’s detection and prevention capabilities as follows:
- Advanced email attacks: Better than the competition
- Impostor based attacks: Better than the competition
- Incident response and forensics: Better than the competition
Source: TechValidate survey of a Global 500 Health Care Company
Research by TechValidate
We were able to identify and block advanced email attacks that SEGs missed by using Agari Phishing Defense. By using a second vendor for inbound malicious email detection, we reduced the risks for our company.
Global 500 Healthcare Company