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IRONSCALES: Revolutionizing Integrated Cloud Email Security With AI and User-Centric Design
In our email security SoftwareReviews quadrant, IRONSCALES stands out as a leader with its integrated cloud email security (ICES) solution, now often called integrated cloud workspace security (ICWS), when addressing security across multiple workspace environments like email, video, voice, collab channels, etc. I had an analyst briefing with IRONSCALES to explore their role in this domain, its innovative approach to email security challenges, and how its solutions complement the cybersecurity ecosystem with security awareness training (SAT) and phishing simulation testing (PST).
Source: SoftwareReviews, ICES Data Quadrant (2024)
IRONSCALES’ Role in ICES/ICWS
IRONSCALES has been at the forefront of the ICES/ICWS movement, pioneered by its CEO Eyal Benishti. The transition from ICES to ICWS reflects the broadening scope of IRONSCALES’ solutions beyond just email, aiming to secure entire cloud applications against phishing, impersonation, and other advanced threats.
Source: IRONSCALES, Analyst Briefing Deck (2024)
Complementary SAT and PST Solutions
IRONSCALES integrates its email security platform with its own SAT and PST offerings. This integration ensures that users are not only protected but also educated. Grant from IRONSCALES emphasized this unified approach, where training and simulation are directly informed by the threats detected, creating a feedback loop that enhances both user awareness and system efficacy.
Source: IRONSCALES, Analyst Briefing Deck (2024)
Sales Approach
IRONSCALES adopts a channel-based sales strategy. They engage customers directly but always involve a value-added reseller (VAR) to complete the transaction, reflecting a 100% channel sales model. This approach not only broadens their reach but also leverages local expertise and support networks.
Core Use Cases
- Protect: IRONSCALES shields organizations from sophisticated phishing attempts, including business email compromise (BEC), account takeover (ATO), and emerging threats like voice email compromise (VEC) and AI-generated phishing emails.
- Simplify: By automating threat detection and response, IRONSCALES significantly reduces the operational overhead for security teams.
- Empower: Through integrated training modules, IRONSCALES turns every employee into a line of defense against phishing attacks.
Deployment Model
The most common deployment for IRONSCALES is the ICES model, which focuses on augmenting existing email security setups, particularly Microsoft EOP, without the need for a separate secure email gateway (SEG). This deployment emphasizes quick integration and leverages API-based solutions for seamless operation and pre-execution protection, i.e. prior to a message being journaled and rendered.