Abnormal Security Taps Microsoft to Broaden Reach of Email Security Solution

Abnormal Security has teamed up with Microsoft to deliver its cloud-native email security solutions directly from Azure Marketplace.

San Francisco-based cloud-native security platform Abnormal Security announced a partnership with Microsoft to sell its email and security solution directly on Azure marketplaceOpens a new window . 

In 2019, business email compromise (BEC) attacks alone accounted for $1.77 billion loss, according to the FBI, with 82% organizationsOpens a new window being targeted. As per Barracuda report, email security attacks resulted in 48% lossOpens a new window in employee productivity, not to mention loss of sensitive or business critical data, and disruption in normal business operations. And legacy security solutions fail to provide a layer of intelligent security needed to thwart present-day attacks.  

Email service solutions providers like Abnormal Security lean into artificial intelligence and machine learning to prevent attacks on systems and networks. IRONSCALES Founder and CEO Eyal BenishtiOpens a new window said, “While email phishing is the oldest and most recognizable cyberattack technique, it remains an extremely complex problem that today requires the power of both artificial and human intelligence in an ongoing cycle of innovation for it to have any positive effect on an organization’s security posture.”

Abnormal Security’s cloud-native email security solutionOpens a new window leverages anomalous behavior detection to mitigate sophisticated phishing, email fraud, BEC attacks and social engineering cyberattacks. Anomalous behavior detection powered by Azure AI can be deployed by organizations through an API-based integration with Microsoft 365.

Abnormal email security solution’s AI-based, data-driven approach to behavior analysisOpens a new window can detect attacks against email accounts, both internally perpetrated, as well as those resulting from compromises in systems of supply chain vendors or partners. It can potentially thwart: 

• MFA bypass attempts
• Executive or employee impersonation
• Phishing from compromised accounts
• Supply chain attacks

See Also: Email Is the #1 Attack Vector: Is Your Solution Good Enough?Opens a new window

The solution also enables automated incident responseOpens a new window and can be integrated with an organization’s existing infrastructure.

Evan Reiser, co-founder and CEO at Abnormal Security said, “When considering the right cloud infrastructure, startups need to look at both the technology platform and the business opportunity.” Indeed. Besides securing the email services, the partnership aims to capture the highly competitive cloud-driven, AI-enabled security market. “As a cybersecurity company, we were very intrigued with Azure’s inherent security, privacy and AI offerings and as a startup, Microsoft’s go-to-market support and access to the largest enterprises is unmatched,” he added. 

Saam Motamedi, General Partner at Greylock Partners said, “Abnormal’s unparalleled market traction is a testament to incredible value being delivered to their customers and the ability to protect organizations from these cyberattacks that have cost them over $2 billion.”

The San Francisco-based company now intends to further expand into the space and scale its business with Microsoft. “We decided that to be a high-growth company selling to the Fortune 1000, it made business sense to partner with Microsoft and move our business to Azure,” Reiser said, in closing.  

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