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
Area 1 Horizon
- Preemptive – Catch Phish Before they Breach
The only solution that stops phishing threats 24 days (on average) before they reach inboxes; blocks attacks of ‘1’s’ - Cloud-Native with Five 9’s Availability
True multi-tenant, cloud-native service; comprehensively stops internal, external, supply chain, cloud and collaboration tools-based attacks - Best Ease of Use/Management
Deploys in less than 30 minutes; no tuning or maintenance required; automatic platform updates
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT AREA 1 HORIZON
COMPARISON CHART
Reasons why organizations choose Area 1 Horizon over Proofpoint for email security
| Proofpoint Email Security | Area 1 Horizon |
| ACTION TIMING | Delayed — relies on detection after active campaign or after messages reach inboxes | Preemptive — stops threats before they reach inboxes. |
| EFFICACY | Misses phish, BEC and highly targeted social engineering-based attacks | Accurately determines maliciousness and minimizes false positives without relying on large sample sizes |
| EASE OF USE/MANAGEMENT | Time-consuming initial setup, ongoing tuning and cumbersome administration; workflow process can be disruptive to end users | Deploys within 30 minutes; nothing to install or “tune”; automatic cloud-based updates |
| THREAT DETECTION & INTELLIGENCE | Limited phishing focus and intel; doesn’t protect against insider threats | Discovers and monitors emergent campaign infrastructure in the wild |
| SOURCE ANALYSIS | Limited – no phish indexing, limited infrastructure monitoring | Detects source of campaign; high-speed phish indexing; attacker infrastructure monitoring |
| STRUCTURE ANALYSIS | Limited message thread and context analysis | Understands message / thread context, message structure analysis |
| SENTIMENT ANALYSIS | Limited intent analysis | Understands full conversation and intent; relationships and social graph mapping |
| SURFACE ANALYSIS | Limited – requires additional products for broader surface threat detection | Protects against external, internal, partner, web and network-based threats |
| SCALE & PERFORMANCE | Limited – not dynamically scalable | Architectured to handle cloud traffic spikes; analytics processing and orchestration at scale |
Want to find out for yourself which phishing attacks your Proofpoint deployment is missing?
HOW INDEPENDENT ANALYSTS COMPARE AREA 1 TO PROOFPOINT
Key email security criteria ratings comparing Area 1 to Proofpoint, according to the GigaOm Radar for Phishing Prevention and Detection:
REPORT: WHY LEGACY SECURE EMAIL GATEWAYS MISS PHISH
Leading companies deploy Area 1 anti-phishing service behind (or as a replacement for) Proofpoint and other traditional secure email gateways (SEGs).
Why? Area 1 regularly discovers (and blocks) hundreds of thousands of phishing emails that are missed by Proofpoint and other SEG-based vendors.
