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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Abnormal Security

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AAbnormal Security, headquartered in San Francisco, offers a secure email gateway to that protects Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace accounts with AI threat detection. The solution is designed to prevent phishing and scams, high-level account impersonation, or supply chain attacks (i.e. invoice fraud).N/A

    Cofense Managed PDR

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Cofense Managed PDR (formerly Phishing Defense Center, or PDC) is a security service designed to relieve security operators of the repetitive tasks needed to qualify, investigate, and document alerts. With it the user can focus on responding to verified threats, instead of spending limited time and resources on data gathering. Cofense aims to take the workload off staff, giving them support qualifying and investigating threats, and understand their severity, so in-house security teams can focus…N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$40 Custom quotation
    Additional DetailsContact vendor for pricing information.The Cofense Phishing Defense Center is available to all customers of Cofense Triage. The Triage solution is a pre-requisite for Cofense PDC services.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
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    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Abnormal Security and Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)
    Feature
    Abnormal Security
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center)
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    Ratings
    Customizability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Abnormal Security
    Another local organization was compromised, and we were one of the targets of their further attempts. We were 100% protected because the behavioral analysis protected us, but also allowed me to contact that organization and report their compromise. This has actually happened more than one time since going live.
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    Cofense
    Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has saved our team copious amounts of time that we would usually have to spend sifting through all of the hundreds of emails that are reported each day. Having a dedicated team to sort the true positives from the false positives gives ample amount of time to triage the more severe threats that have been reported.
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    Pros
    Abnormal Security
    • Spam filtering...we have been able to turn our spam sensitivity down on Exchange allowing more legitimate messages through to user inboxes.
    • Malicious email filtering...we experienced several successful phishing attacks over the past year. Abnormal Security has prevented hundreds of individual campaigns since going live in August '22. I cannot thank them enough!
    • Automated response for reported emails...my team is small and we do not have enough hours in a day to review and respond to each reported email. Abnormal Security performs additional analysis on those reports and automatically responds for us. If the message is spam or malicious, copies of those emails are looked for throughout the server and deleted.
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    Cofense
    • Instant detection and elimination of phishing email boxes.
    • Easy to set up.
    • Intuitive and complete GUI interface, being able to create rules, configure exceptions, and generate reports.
    • Optimizes time to eliminate phishing and prevent users from being targeted by internet scams.
    • Good artificial intelligence.
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    Cons
    Abnormal Security
    • None so far, I have been extremely happy with their service.
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    Cofense
    • Better integration with established ticketing systems
    • Ability to determine if there were any other recipients of the same email
    • Technical issues when logging into the tool
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    Alternatives Considered
    Abnormal Security
    Abnormal Security blocks malicious emails that both PhishER and Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense miss. One thing that PhishER does have is the ability to flip a malicious message into a user education phishing email. That's cool, but I think we can just copy/paste the same info into a custom campaign.
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    Cofense
    This product just successfully conquers its competitors and alternatives. This is because upgrades and improvement in software play a very important role, as with upgrades, a user feels connected with the platform. No one likes using outdated software, so [...] I find this product to be the best option out of all, as it is continuously in the race [to become] the best. I always see some upgrades [...] which makes me a happy user, unlike other alternatives.
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    Return on Investment
    Abnormal Security
    • Preventing compromises that have historically led to payroll or accounts payable threats.
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    Cofense
    • Reduced volume to support teams.
    • Provided in-house resources time to work on other projects.
    • Provides a clean and effective interface with teammates.
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