Avanan Case Studies Accounting Firm Secures Office 365 with Avanan

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Accounting Firm Secures Office 365 with Avanan

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cybersecurity Services
Challenge	The accounting firm had moved much of its IT to the cloud, most significantly, to Office 365’s core applications and email. However, the firm had fallen victim to a number of phishing attacks, including an aggressive ransomware attack, even with Office 365’s Advanced Threat Protection enabled. They had paid extra for Microsoft’s best security, but it was not enough. The company’s IT manager knew they needed additional layers of security beyond Office 365’s native solution. Read More
About Customer	The customer is a top 400 accounting firm that has clients nationwide. The firm is a financial accounting partner for a diverse field of individuals as well as all sizes of closely-held businesses and nonprofit organizations. The company has moved much of its IT to the cloud, most significantly, to Office 365’s core applications and email. The company agreed to share its story under anonymity to minimize its security risk profile. Read More
Solution	The IT manager discovered Avanan while looking at Check Point Sandblast Threat Extraction. He engaged in an Avanan trial, during which Avanan and Check Point identified and prevented a host of phishing attempts similar the attacks Office 365 had been allowing through all summer. Beyond email security, the IT manager also deployed a number of other tools to build the complete security stack he needed. These included Check Point AV for signature-based scanning, Check Point Threat Emulation for sandboxing, Solegate Email Protector for zero-day threats, Cyren Anti-Phishing for malicious emails, and Global Velocity Data Leakage Prevention for data classification and compliance. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cybersecurity Services

Challenge

The accounting firm had moved much of its IT to the cloud, most significantly, to Office 365’s core applications and email. However, the firm had fallen victim to a number of phishing attacks, including an aggressive ransomware attack, even with Office 365’s Advanced Threat Protection enabled. They had paid extra for Microsoft’s best security, but it was not enough. The company’s IT manager knew they needed additional layers of security beyond Office 365’s native solution.

About Customer

The customer is a top 400 accounting firm that has clients nationwide. The firm is a financial accounting partner for a diverse field of individuals as well as all sizes of closely-held businesses and nonprofit organizations. The company has moved much of its IT to the cloud, most significantly, to Office 365’s core applications and email. The company agreed to share its story under anonymity to minimize its security risk profile.

Solution

The IT manager discovered Avanan while looking at Check Point Sandblast Threat Extraction. He engaged in an Avanan trial, during which Avanan and Check Point identified and prevented a host of phishing attempts similar the attacks Office 365 had been allowing through all summer. Beyond email security, the IT manager also deployed a number of other tools to build the complete security stack he needed. These included Check Point AV for signature-based scanning, Check Point Threat Emulation for sandboxing, Solegate Email Protector for zero-day threats, Cyren Anti-Phishing for malicious emails, and Global Velocity Data Leakage Prevention for data classification and compliance.

Impact #1	Since implementing Avanan, no phishing attempts have gotten through.
Impact #2	The built-in anomaly detection allows the IT manager to see if there are any login attempts from outside the US or mass email attempts.

Impact #1

Since implementing Avanan, no phishing attempts have gotten through.

Impact #2

The built-in anomaly detection allows the IT manager to see if there are any login attempts from outside the US or mass email attempts.

Benefit #1	100% of phishing attempts have been caught by Avanan and its partners since implementation.

Benefit #1

100% of phishing attempts have been caught by Avanan and its partners since implementation.

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Accounting Firm Secures Office 365 with Avanan

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