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	Securing Email and Reducing SOC Burnout for Fortune 500 Avanan

Securing Email and Reducing SOC Burnout for Fortune 500

Avanan

Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	System Integration
Challenge	A Fortune 500 company was inundated with phishing and other suspicious emails, with their end-users receiving more than 16,000 phishing emails per month. In addition to dealing with the actual phishing attacks, this company's Security Operations Center (SOC) was required to review each suspicious email report by the end-users. These were emails that end-users felt could be phishing and thus sent to the SOC for further analysis. On average, the SOC reviewed nearly 17,000 end-user email reports per month, causing them to be overwhelmed and quickly approaching burnout. A change was needed that first stopped the attacks from reaching the inbox while also reducing the overwhelming load on the SOC. In looking for a solution, they evaluated two different solutions and eventually selected Avanan to secure their enterprise email with Avanan Email Protection and Avanan IRaaS to achieve their objectives quickly. Read More
About Customer	The customer is a Fortune 500 company that was dealing with a significant number of phishing and suspicious emails. Their end-users were receiving more than 16,000 phishing emails per month. The company's Security Operations Center (SOC) was required to review each suspicious email report by the end-users, which amounted to nearly 17,000 email reports per month. This high volume of emails was overwhelming the SOC, leading to potential burnout. The company needed a solution that would stop the attacks from reaching the inbox and reduce the load on the SOC. Read More
Solution	The company implemented Avanan's Email Protection, which resulted in a 99.2% reduction in attacks reaching the end-user. In April 2021 alone, Avanan prevented the delivery of over 17,000 malicious emails to end-users. Avanan's patented approach that leverages APIs, rather than a legacy gateway approach, allowed for full implementation in less than 24 hours. Avanan's advanced AI/ML technology delivered a 99.14% accuracy rate. The SOC saw a 71% reduction in the number of end-user email reports requiring analysis. To further reduce the need for 24/7 manual reviews, the company implemented Avanan's Incident Response as a Service (IRaaS). With IRaaS, they received 24/7 coverage to review these reported emails. Avanan IRaaS customers receive around the clock coverage within an SLA, and the analysis is done by Avanan's trained experts, who focus 100% of their time on the phishing threat. 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

System Integration

Challenge

A Fortune 500 company was inundated with phishing and other suspicious emails, with their end-users receiving more than 16,000 phishing emails per month. In addition to dealing with the actual phishing attacks, this company's Security Operations Center (SOC) was required to review each suspicious email report by the end-users. These were emails that end-users felt could be phishing and thus sent to the SOC for further analysis. On average, the SOC reviewed nearly 17,000 end-user email reports per month, causing them to be overwhelmed and quickly approaching burnout. A change was needed that first stopped the attacks from reaching the inbox while also reducing the overwhelming load on the SOC. In looking for a solution, they evaluated two different solutions and eventually selected Avanan to secure their enterprise email with Avanan Email Protection and Avanan IRaaS to achieve their objectives quickly.

About Customer

The customer is a Fortune 500 company that was dealing with a significant number of phishing and suspicious emails. Their end-users were receiving more than 16,000 phishing emails per month. The company's Security Operations Center (SOC) was required to review each suspicious email report by the end-users, which amounted to nearly 17,000 email reports per month. This high volume of emails was overwhelming the SOC, leading to potential burnout. The company needed a solution that would stop the attacks from reaching the inbox and reduce the load on the SOC.

Solution

The company implemented Avanan's Email Protection, which resulted in a 99.2% reduction in attacks reaching the end-user. In April 2021 alone, Avanan prevented the delivery of over 17,000 malicious emails to end-users. Avanan's patented approach that leverages APIs, rather than a legacy gateway approach, allowed for full implementation in less than 24 hours. Avanan's advanced AI/ML technology delivered a 99.14% accuracy rate. The SOC saw a 71% reduction in the number of end-user email reports requiring analysis. To further reduce the need for 24/7 manual reviews, the company implemented Avanan's Incident Response as a Service (IRaaS). With IRaaS, they received 24/7 coverage to review these reported emails. Avanan IRaaS customers receive around the clock coverage within an SLA, and the analysis is done by Avanan's trained experts, who focus 100% of their time on the phishing threat.

Impact #1	Avanan reduced the number of phishing attacks reaching their end-users by 99.2%
Impact #2	71% decrease in the number of end-user email reports sent to the SOC
Impact #3	By adding IRaaS, Avanan reduced the number of suspicious emails reviewed by the SOC by 97.8%

Impact #1

Avanan reduced the number of phishing attacks reaching their end-users by 99.2%

Impact #2

71% decrease in the number of end-user email reports sent to the SOC

Impact #3

By adding IRaaS, Avanan reduced the number of suspicious emails reviewed by the SOC by 97.8%

Benefit #1	99.2% reduction in phishing attacks reaching end-users
Benefit #2	71% decrease in end-user email reports sent to the SOC
Benefit #3	97.8% reduction in suspicious emails reviewed by the SOC

Benefit #1

99.2% reduction in phishing attacks reaching end-users

Benefit #2

71% decrease in end-user email reports sent to the SOC

Benefit #3

97.8% reduction in suspicious emails reviewed by the SOC

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Securing Email and Reducing SOC Burnout for Fortune 500

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