Cisco Email Security Educational Institution

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Cisco Email Security Case Study

Educational Institution

Introduction

This case study of an educational institution is based on a May 2018 survey of Cisco Email Security customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Reduced spam with very minimal false alerts.”

“Assigned rating due to accuracy in the product’s detection and maintaining current threat detection policies.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Email Security:

Chose Cisco Email Security to protect their Office 365 email because Cisco has:
- Better spam efficacy
- Global presence and more comprehensive threat intelligence
Evaluated the following vendors prior to choosing Cisco Email Security:
- Symantec
- Trend Micro

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Email Security that the surveyed organization uses:

Using the following Cisco products in addition to Cisco Email Security:
- AnyConnect
- Identity Services Engine (ISE)
- Umbrella
- Web Security Appliance (WSA)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Email Security:

Achieved the following with Cisco Email Security:
- Protected users from threats in incoming email to prevent breaches
Reduced their time to detection of threats by more than a week after using Cisco Email Security.

TechValidate Research on Cisco Email Security

Educational Institution

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

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