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Cofense Managed PDR (Phishing Defense Center) vs. Microsoft Defender for Office 365

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    Cofense Managed PDR

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Cofense Managed PDR (formerly Phishing Defense Center, or PDC) is a security service designed to relieve security operators of the repetitive tasks needed to qualify, investigate, and document alerts. With it the user can focus on responding to verified threats, instead of spending limited time and resources on data gathering. Cofense aims to take the workload off staff, giving them support qualifying and investigating threats, and understand their severity, so in-house security teams can focus…N/A

    Microsoft Defender for Office 365

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 is a security solution used to protect Office 365 against advanced threats, such as phishing and business email compromise. It helps prevent volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack, as well as to detect malicious and suspicious content like links and files across Office 365.N/A
    Pricing
    Cofense Managed PDRMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
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    Cofense Managed PDRMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$40 Custom quotationNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe Cofense Phishing Defense Center is available to all customers of Cofense Triage. The Triage solution is a pre-requisite for Cofense PDC services.—
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    Cofense Managed PDRMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Cofense Managed PDRMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cofense
    Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has saved our team copious amounts of time that we would usually have to spend sifting through all of the hundreds of emails that are reported each day. Having a dedicated team to sort the true positives from the false positives gives ample amount of time to triage the more severe threats that have been reported.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is found to be well suited for our size company, and easily for smaller or larger companies as well. It does have a few places where improvements can be made, but at least it also asks you to provide feedback to Microsoft, which I have done with certain suggestions or complaints. However, overall it is a very thorough and useful tool when it comes to securing and defending yourself against trending threats.
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    Pros
    Cofense
    • Instant detection and elimination of phishing email boxes.
    • Easy to set up.
    • Intuitive and complete GUI interface, being able to create rules, configure exceptions, and generate reports.
    • Optimizes time to eliminate phishing and prevent users from being targeted by internet scams.
    • Good artificial intelligence.
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    Microsoft
    • It has been seamlessly working for us. We have not faced any issue as an end user. I've not faced many issues around accessing my apps, securely accessing and I've also seen certain links being blocked if I do not have correct access based on the security level that is defined for each user.
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    Cons
    Cofense
    • Better integration with established ticketing systems
    • Ability to determine if there were any other recipients of the same email
    • Technical issues when logging into the tool
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    Microsoft
    • I think it needs to be tuned correctly. For example, afterwards I tried to go in and print once after the implementation was done, I went in and tried to print a file or export a document. Just not possible, which just means it's great, works really well, but it also means that you have to tune your data categorization very carefully.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cofense
    This product just successfully conquers its competitors and alternatives. This is because upgrades and improvement in software play a very important role, as with upgrades, a user feels connected with the platform. No one likes using outdated software, so [...] I find this product to be the best option out of all, as it is continuously in the race [to become] the best. I always see some upgrades [...] which makes me a happy user, unlike other alternatives.
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    Microsoft
    Sentinel One. Well, we have two different products at the same time. Just see which one is the best fit for our business. So nowadays we're using both at the same time.
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    Return on Investment
    Cofense
    • Reduced volume to support teams.
    • Provided in-house resources time to work on other projects.
    • Provides a clean and effective interface with teammates.
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    Microsoft
    • The positive aspect is the security of the employees, security of the data. There is no breach I can say. So it is a good impact. I mean there is not any bad or negative impact.
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