Gil Friedrich

Gil Friedrich



API Email Security: The Scalability Problems of Email Security Via API

Avanan was the first company to use pure-API email security back in 2016. It is a very compelling approach, because the deployment is extremely easy, it protects int...

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The Hidden Reason To Avoid Email Security That Cannot Block Inline

Several new Cloud-Email security vendors are coming out with no ability to block bad email before it reaches the inbox. Instead, they allow the email to be delivered...

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Why 1+1=0: Turn Mimecast Off to Improve Your Microsoft 365 Security

A little while ago, a long time customer of Avanan was acquired by another company that had been using Mimecast for their email security. Shortly after, the mother-c...

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Why We Added Archiving for Email

We are a security company and our core IP is in our machine-learning that is tuned to catch phishing emails and other attacks against SaaS-based email and collaborat...

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Securing Email Via API Just Won

When Avanan pioneered in 2016 the concept of securing Microsoft 365 with API, customers needed to be educated about this novel approach. Another milestone to what we...

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Avanan Introduces First Consumption-Based Licensing for Email Security

Highlights Avanan is introducing a new usage-based payment option for all email security plans. An optional billing method: usages are measured daily and paid monthl...

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A Thank You for A Thank You Note

Praise is best shared publicly. Last week, I received this message from Michael Russell, the CIO of the state of Virginia Community Colleges system. I want to thank ...

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Three Email Security Recommendations in a Time of Crisis

It is a time of crisis. Your IT team is working remotely, budgets are in question, and resources are stretched more than ever. Remote users are presenting the IT tea...

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A Message From Gil Friedrich, Avanan CEO

As the world takes action to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the safety and well-being of our customers remains our first concern. As of last week, Avanan employees her...

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QReep: Sextortion campaign uses QR codes to link to bitcoin wallets instead of URLs

Avanan has uncovered a new sextortion attack that uses QR codes instead of URLs to avoid bitcoin wallet detection. To drive the attack, hackers claim they have foota...

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