Compare Area 1 Security to Abnormal Security
API-Based Email Security Like Abnormal Act Post-Delivery, Leaving Organizations at Risk
Why Customers are Still Vulnerable with Abnormal Security
API-based email security solutions like Abnormal Security tout “risk-free” deployment without touching mail flow. However, integration via API by definition means protection is not in real-time.
Abnormal Security and other API solutions act “after-the-attack,” when the threat has already reached inboxes. This introduces dwell time, the time between when a threat has already penetrated the environment and its discovery, leaving users at risk.
Unlike Abnormal, Area 1 Security preemptively stops threats before they reach inboxes. With flexible deployment options and no privacy risks, Area 1 closes the security gap and offers superior protection.
KEY DIFFERENCES
Abnormal Security
- Acts “After-the-Attack”
Post-facto actions after threats reach inboxes increases dwell time and leave users at risk - Single-Mode Deployment
API-only deployment model does not provide real-time protection against attacks - Limited Campaign Coverage
Misses URL and payload-based threats, long model-learning time and high misclassification rates
Area 1 Horizon
- Preemptive – Catch Phish Before they Breach
The only solution that stops phishing threats 24 days on average before they launch - Flexible and Multi-Mode Deployments
Comprehensive and flexible deployment options including multi-mode support (e.g. MX, inline, connector, API) - Comprehensive Coverage At-Scale
Uses multivariate factors to accurately detect threats across various threat types, sources and vectors
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT AREA 1 HORIZON
We Secure Email.
Period.
They’re my last line of defense and they catch everything. They’re responsive to feedback and updating their product.
I’m happy to say that Area 1 Security exceeded all of our expectations.
COMPARISON CHART
Reasons why organizations choose Area 1 Horizon over Abnormal for email security
| Abnormal Security | Area 1 Horizon | |
| ACTION TIMING | Delayed. Acts after messages reach inboxes and increases dwell time. | Preemptive — stops threats before they reach inboxes. |
| DEPLOYMENT MODE | Single-mode deployment via API | Comprehensive, multi-mode support (MX, inline, connector and API) |
| EFFICACY | Subject to high misclassification and miss rates, especially for malicious URL and payload detection. Long model learning time. | Accurately determines maliciousness without relying on large sample sizes or long model learning time |
| SCALE & PERFORMANCE | Constrained by cloud provider limitations on API actions. No easy way to take action across large volumes of messages | Architectured to handle cloud traffic spikes. Not subject to cloud provider limitations. Scalable actions across large volumes of messages. |
| PRIVACY | Limited privacy; requires inspection of all messages, including sensitive internal emails | High accuracy and insider threat detection without access to sensitive messages |
| END-USER VISIBILITY | Not end-user transparent and relies on end-user actions. Contributes to “end-user fatigue” and SOC noise | End-user transparent; no reliance on end-users for efficacy. Improves SOC response times. |
AREA 1 SECURITY — THE ONLY PREEMPTIVE CLOUD EMAIL SECURITY
Area 1 surpasses Abnormal Security across all four key email security criteria:
REPORT: 2021 EMAIL THREAT REPORT
See what threats are hiding behind a “simple’ phish. Our 2021 Email Threat Report analyzes the top threats seen over a period of a year across organizations of all industries and sizes. What starts out as a phishing email eventually leads to crippling supply chain attacks, business email compromises (BECs), ransomware and large financial losses.
