#1 most frequent
United States of America
82.0%150 installations of 183
What is Avanan?
Avanan, from Check Point since the August 2021 acquisition, connects security technologies to enterprise cloud applications in order to improve protection of sensitive corporate data and IP. According to the vendor, Avanan's one-click deployment allows customers to deploy a new security solution in seconds. Because it requires no appliance, agent or gateway proxy, Avanan can begin protecting any cloud application immediately, with no effect on users.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of Avanan Security Dashboard
Top Performing Features
Anti-malware
Anti-malware is a type of software program designed to prevent, detect and remove malicious software
Category average: 9.1
Threat Detection
Threat protection defend against sophisticated malware or hacking-based attacks targeting sensitive data.
Category average: 8.7
Management Tools
Management tools include administrator dashboards, reports, etc.
Category average: 8.4
Areas for Improvement
Data Loss Protection
A set of tools and processes used to ensure that sensitive data is not lost, misused, or accessed by unauthorized users.
Category average: 7.5
End-to-End Encryption
In end-to-end encryption the data is encrypted on the sender's system or device and only the recipient is able to decrypt it
Category average: 8.4
Sandboxing
Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs providing an extra layer of security
Category average: 7.2
Who Buys & Uses Avanan
#2 most frequent
Canada
9.3%17 installations of 183
#3 most frequent
Norway
1.6%3 installations of 183
Avanan Email Security - Great Product and Great Value
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Avanan as an additional layer of security for our business email. It blocks suspicious emails that Microsoft may have allowed through. Prior to Avanan, we had quite a bit of impersonation emails coming through to users' email boxes, and this has been reduced by 99%—occasionally, an email will still get through, but it is very rare.
Pros
- Catch suspicious emails that Microsoft 365 misses
- Provides notifications of emails to review
- Overview Dashboard of Activity
Cons
- Occasional miss of suspicious emails
- Reports can sometimes be complex to drill down
- Policy configuration can be complex
Return on Investment
- Significantly reducing the chance of an end user clicking on a bad link
- Pricepoint is in line with our budget
- Easy to manage product
Usability
Best email and data security software ever developed
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We primarily use Avanan as a email security tool. One of the major challenges that we were facing earlier was the inflow of many malicious emails. The default security provided by the email tool was not enough and moreover there was no restriction in sharing these emails internally. With the introduction of Avanan drilling down into important summary statistics became that much more easy with its slide down menus.
Pros
- Impressive Slide down menus
- Responsive Security dashboard and design
- Unified search query box helping find users much quicker.
Cons
- The server uptime status is not very easily visible as it is tucked at the top right
- Initially some threat free emails were blocked which was a major hindrance for us. But overtime, these errors reduced
- The initail set up and implementation could be faster
Most Important Features
- Centralized Doc menu on the dashboard screen
- High level events summary in the events page
- Smart Phising option to check the exact reason for detection of phishing emails
Return on Investment
- Advanced Threat detection helping us protect our data
- Reduced 3rd party security costs
- Centralized interface for managing all the data saves a lot of time for us.
- Improved data security resulting in 30% better revenue
Other Software Used
Sales Boomerang, Moosend, Zepto
Avanan : Overall Experience and Review.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I had used Avanan for past 1 year and the services provided are excellent. One of the best things about Avanan is It provides detailed reports for the attempted attacks or issues happened with your email like number of phishing emails blocks, the number of anomalies. The other best feature it has is, Post attack Forensic and Quarantine so that the possible bad results of the attack can be minimized and and because of AI it does the self learning.
Pros
- Business Email Compromise Prevention
- Post attack Forensic and Quarantine
- Secure Click for Embedded links
Cons
- False Positives.
- Initial setups takes time.
- Pricing
- User Interface
Most Important Features
- Post attack Forensic and Quarantine.
- Malware Sandboxing for inbound, outbound for internal emails.
- Data Leak Prevention.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC) Protection.
Return on Investment
- Insight management. (from big data.)
- False Positives.
- Advance backup on Mac PCs are time consuming.
- UI with Bugs.
- Data pulling from third party platforms.
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Email
Other Software Used
Cisco Secure Email, FortiMail, Proofpoint Email Protection
Great safety net for your company and worth the price
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Avanan has been a boon to us, with a recent surge in cases of email hacking/phishing and ransomware it has made it hard to focus and work without anyone worrying and Avanan has eliminated that issue, with its top-class email security we don’t need to worry about data leaks.
Pros
- Blocks phishing threats.
- Has great dashboard which helps in handling multiple users.
- Can work collaboratively with Office365 and Slack.
Cons
- The price is a little high considering small scale industries.
- Sometimes detects regular mails as spam too even though contact is trusted.
- Can improve the dashboard to help improve the user experience.
Most Important Features
- Prevent data leak.
- Detect phishing emails.
- Protect from malicious URL.
Return on Investment
- Has saved data leaks multiple times.
- Has helped user to be less worried and more productive.
- Has helped us saved a lot of money is losses.
Best Email Security tool to ensure top level Security for your Organisation
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Avanan provides world-class email security for my organisation. I am using Avanan to safeguard against any Phishing emails or Malware. It even helps me ensure my company is following all the compliances. Avanan has great Integration support, which makes it a plug-and-play tool for my GSuite Account.
Pros
- Avanan protects against phishing mails which are very common nowadays.
- It even safeguards against Malware which is important to protect my system from any ransomware attacks.
- Avanan has good connectivity with Gsuite, Microsoft Outlook, and all well-known email service providers.
Cons
- Avanan sometimes flags important mails as security risk which could be improved.
- Its support team is a bit slow, maybe because of its large customer base, but it can be improved.
- Their UI/UX can also be improved to introduce more modern design.
Most Important Features
- Avanan anti-phishing
- Malware protection
- Integration support
Return on Investment
- Providing sense of security
- Ensuring secured communication over email
- Safeguard against phishing and malware
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Email, NeoCertified Secure Email and Trustwave Secure Email Gateway
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365, Slack, TeamViewer
