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Cloud Email Security Solutions

Cloud Email Security

What is Cloud Email Security Solutions?

Cloud Email Security work with cloud email providers to secure email traffic and protect users and organizations from phishing attempts, email hijacking of supply chain, and email identity protection for organization and individual mailboxes. The administrative interfaces are web-based and configurability varies across Cloud Email Security providers.

Common Features

  • Administrator Dashboard and Reporting
  • Administrator Email Processing
  • Email Account Protection
  • Anti-Spoofing Protection
  • Malware Blocking
  • O365/ Google Integration
  • Phishing Protection
  • End-User Warnings in Email Client Software
  • Integration with Other Security Software
  • Tagging
  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
  • Data Loss Prevention
  • Managed Services Offering
  • Threat intelligence Information
  • User Flagging of Suspicious Emails
  • Bulk Remediation

Top Cloud Email Security Solutions

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Top Cloud Email Security Solutions 2026

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Trend Micro email security solutions offer multi-layered protection to prevent BEC attacks. From employee awareness training and domain spoofing protection, to artificial intelligence (AI) based BEC protection, our modern security approach can help you combat this fast growing and potentially damaging threat.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Fortinet

FortiMail

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

FortiMail delivers advanced multi-layered protection against the full spectrum of email-borne threats. Powered by FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric, FortiMail helps your organization prevent, detect, and respond to email-based threats including spam, phishing, malware, zero-day threats, impersonation, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks.

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Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service
Abnormal Security

Abnormal Security

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

The Abnormal Security platform protects enterprises from targeted email attacks. Abnormal Behavior Technology (ABX) models the identity of both employees and external senders, profiles relationships and analyzes email content to stop attacks that lead to account takeover, financial damage and organizational mistrust. Though one-click, API-based Office 365 and G Suite integration, Abnormal sets up in minutes and does not disrupt email flow.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Effective Service

Detect and stop advanced threats Prevent known and unknown threats with Advanced Threat Protection—even those that don't use malware—from reaching your people. Advanced Threat Protection is a security solution that defends against complex malware or hacking attacks that target sensitive data within an organization. Protect against advanced threats with the industry’s most robust email security platform and the most accurate view of the email threat landscape.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Continually Improving Product
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Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.4 /10

Threats have evolved. It’s time your email security evolves too. Darktrace/Email uses core Self-Learning AI to stop the most advanced email threats, intervening to protect employees from the full range of threats targeting the inbox.

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Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Trustworthy
  • Enables Productivity
  • Helps Innovate

Mimecast Advanced Email Security blocks the most dangerous attacks. As the top attack vector, email demands the strongest possible protection. We block the most dangerous email-borne attacks, from phishing and ransomware to social engineering, payment fraud, and impersonation.

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Pros

  • Respectful
  • Caring
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Fair

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Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

TrustLayer Mail (formerly Censornet Email Security) delivers inline threat protection and compliant archiving across cloud and hybrid email setups. One platform to block attacks, retain mail and stay ahead of threats.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Prevent the Most Common Form of Data Loss; Email Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Get control over the top vector for data theft by applying your data security policies to outbound email.

Pros

  • Transparent
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

The Symantec™ Messaging Gateway is an on-premise email security solution that provides inbound and outbound protection against the latest messaging threats, including ransomware, spear phishing, and business email compromise (BEC).It catches more than 99 percent of spam and provides built-in data protection capabilities to keep your email secure and confidential, and it effectively responds to new messaging threats with real-time antispam and antimalware intelligence.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Complete email security requires visibility of all blended attack vectors coupled with granular policy and content controls – Trustwave Secure Email Gateway delivers all that and more.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
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