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Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

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What is Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense?

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense provides protection against email threats that compromise an organization’s brand and operations. Its advanced threat detection capabilities uncover known, emerging and targeted threats. And it expands the scope of organizations' defenses to detect dangerous threats…

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9 out of 10
November 18, 2023
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Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense is used as our primary email gateway. Although, we use O365 Exchange too, all of our corporate email …
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  • Threat Detection (19)
    8.7
    87%
  • Management Tools (19)
    8.7
    87%
  • Customizability (17)
    8.2
    82%
  • Anti-malware (17)
    8.1
    81%

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What is Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense?

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense provides protection against email threats that compromise an organization’s brand and operations. Its advanced threat detection capabilities uncover known, emerging and targeted threats. And it expands the scope of organizations' defenses to detect…

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Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

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Features

Secure Email Gateway

Secure email gateway software prevents the transmission of emails that contravene company policy or contain malware, phishing attacks, spam or other unwanted emails

8.3
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Product Details

What is Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense?

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense provides protection against email threats that compromise an organization’s brand and operations. Its advanced threat detection capabilities uncover known, emerging and targeted threats. And it expands the scope of organizations' defenses to detect dangerous threats and rapidly search for and remediate threats across security controls.


Secure Email Threat Defense's Artificial Intelligence and machine learning models include Natural Language Processing to identify malicious techniques used in attacks targeting organizations, derive context for specific business risks, provide searchable threat telemetry, and categorize threats to understand which parts of the organization are most vulnerable to attack. Threat intelligence from Talos™ provides broader and deeper threat data that informs better and faster decision making.


Search capabilities provide access to message details that empower more informed responses. Remediating threats directly in Threat Response streamlines processes and saves time.


As part of a larger Extended Detection and Response (XDR) strategy, Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense defends against critical threats with threat intelligence, advanced threat detection capabilities and vital telemetry that informs strategic threat protection. In combination with numerous third-party integration partners and the larger Cisco Secure portfolio of products, this provides visibility, efficiency, simplicity, and telemetry to security operations.


The ability to orchestrate workflows in Cisco’s XDR solution simplifies processes reduces the burden on organizations' team so they can focus on more strategic initiatives.



Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Features

Secure Email Gateway Features

  • Supported: Threat Detection
  • Supported: Management Tools

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Screenshots

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Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesGlobal

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection, and Mimecast Advanced Email Security are common alternatives for Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense.

Reviewers rate Threat Detection and Management Tools highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cisco Email Security is being utilized across our whole organization. It's actually a second defense hop into our environment that provides another layer of defense to combat malware, spyware, etc. We also utilize it for outbound content filtering, routing rules, as well as email hygiene. It has proven to be very effective for our enterprise as the granularity was not possible on our email servers and cloud provider gateway.
  • Inbound and outbound content rules and filters.
  • Email routing rules.
  • Clustering capabilities.
  • Backup and restore functionality.
  • Training and certification.
  • Ability to see attachment names in reporting when exported to a file.
It is well suited for medium and large enterprises as a first and second line of defense. A small company may be better off going with a cloud version verses the on-prem version, whether it is physical or virtual. If a proof of concept (POC) can be implemented as a test, I would recommend doing that first before making any decisions.
Secure Email Gateway (7)
85.71428571428571%
8.6
Anti-malware
90%
9.0
Customizability
80%
8.0
Data Loss Protection
90%
9.0
Threat Detection
90%
9.0
Sandboxing
70%
7.0
End-to-End Encryption
90%
9.0
Management Tools
90%
9.0
  • Small percent of malicious content is being allowed into the environment.
  • Fewer interruptions to the workplace.
  • Processing time is transparent to the email pipeline.
Cisco Email Security provides the first layer of defense against cyber threats and protects sensitive outbound data. It guards against spam, fraudulent senders, infected files whenever they become malicious and blocks risky URLs to prevent attacks. It also prevents data loss and secures sensitive data in transit to ensure compliance. We selected Cisco Email Security to provide another layer of safety to our email infrastructure.
Security plays a huge role in my organization’s goals. Cisco met those goals when evaluating their product VS a few other solutions.
We already have other Cisco devices in our Network so they were already a trusted solution and partner.
Offers great 24/7 customer support.
Was also in the top of Gartners list.
I think it will have some impact. It's still too early to tell.
Not yet.
N/A
A cyber resilient organization can realize many benefits like fewer incidents. Cyber resiliency increases an organization's cybersecurity posture and its ability to prioritize and respond to risk.
Some measures include risk assessment, security policy development, employee training, software updates, network protection, data backup and recovery, incident response planning, regular testing, vendor scrutiny and continuous improvement.
There is a 50/50 chance that we will renew. We are in the middle of moving from on-prem to the cloud so we may not need it once we are fully migrated.
The implementation went well, no issues or problems to report.
Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense's availability is great and reliable when you need it most. We haven't had any noticeable outages or issues.
Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense ease of integration was seamless.
  • Increase security posture
  • Added layer of protection
  • Make employees feel safer
1900
Legal, Support Staff, Etc.
2
Dedicated IT Staff that are familiar with email.
  • Increase security posture
  • Adding more security to email
  • Increase employee safety
  • Cut down on phishing emails
  • Eliminate BEC attacks
  • Protect against malware, ransomware, Etc.
No
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Ease of use for our employees as well as integration.
N/A, I'm happy with the outcome.
It provides us with another layer of defense and has proven to be a great asset and return on investment. Nothing is perfect but this is definitely something to evaluate if you are in the market looking to implement a new email gateway solution or upgrade from something that you already have in place.
Yes
It took a few months for the bug to get resolved. Not ideal but I wish it was fixed a lot faster.
When an Engineer stayed on a call beyond their shift in order to resolve the issue.
It protects our files and general system emails, it's also very simple and easy to use. We all feel comfortable and protected at all times, it eliminates spam, malware and viruses that may be received in corporate email. It has simple and smart features for efficient management.
  • Remediating threats
  • Complete visibility of all messages
  • Secures your brand
  • User interface
  • User friendly
  • Difficult to configure
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have been using Cisco Secure Email for the whole organization for almost 10 years, it is the main email gateway for both Students and Staff members. approximately 15000 mailboxes are protected, both incoming and outgoing emails are checked for SPAM, viruses, malware, phishing attempts, and fraud emails. A special blacklist is also being used to stop certain unwanted emails especially password stealing scams.
  • Antispam
  • Phishing protection
  • Email Antivirus
  • DLP
  • Graymail prevention
  • Email blocking using header-from address.
  • Spam reporting to Cisco needs to be improved.
  • Clustering: active-active mode would be nice.
  • Creating filters from GIU.
  • Filters samples or database built-in the box would be super nice.
Cisco Secure email perfectly fits a basic email environment; we use Microsoft Exchange Server and Cisco ESA as our smarthost and the default MX record for email receiving. With this setup everything seems to be just fine. However, we encountered some technical issues when we used an external SMTP gateway "smtp2go.com" forcing email sending limits per user is not an easy task to do when you use an external gateway. If one user gets infected he/she can simply cause a temp ban from the 3rd party gateway for sending a huge number of bounced emails.
Secure Email Gateway (5)
78%
7.8
Anti-malware
60%
6.0
Customizability
80%
8.0
Threat Detection
80%
8.0
Sandboxing
80%
8.0
Management Tools
90%
9.0
  • Email availability got better.
  • Less SPAM & less false positives.
  • Clean emails from viruses.
  • Lots of phishing attacks were stopped.
In my opinion, Resilience can offer many values in terms of security, it offers enhanced security and compliance which helps the overall reputation of your network and therefore increase the trust level of your clients.
in addition, financial benefits and cost reduction will occur.
Set response times and timelines, Implement strict access lists as needed. network segmentation especially in mixed environments like Education (we separate Staff, Student, Labs and WIFI users from each other) this increases the security level and minimize the damage in case of hacking incidents.
Implement data recovery and backup strategies for fast recovery after an attack.
Haven't found an alternative product with the same features or quality, I have been renewing Cisco Secure Email for over 8 years and i am overly satisfied with what is offered. I will definitely recommended it to my peers.
Implementation is straight forward and easy, advanced settings are super helpful especially scripting and custom filters, reporting is one of the coolest features to trace every step of sent/received emails. integration with internal email systems have never been easier, we are running Microsoft Exchange servers behind Cisco Secure Email with no problems.
I never had any outages for the past 8 years of using Cisco Secure Email, the system is always available, hardware configuration are designed for higher loads.
Integration was a straight forward process, we relay email to our Microsoft Exchange servers and we are also using a smart forwarded (3rd party to sent emails on on our behalf). SMTP authentication with IP restrictions have made this process more secure and trustworthy.
  • Preventing outgoing SPAM from infected accounts a workaround with filters and custom limits helped us secure our outgoing emails and increased our reputation
15000
1
  • Antispam
  • Email Antivirus
  • Phishing Prevention
Yes
GFI Mail Essentials.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
Will keep using Cisco Secure Email
Easy to moderate; some parts require advanced knowledge.
No, it differs from one customer to another.
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
Yes - we have added extensive custom code
No
I prefer to see more samples and easy guides online.
No I didn't due to budgetary issues.
Yes
I had a problem with the logging of MID and PID numbers, reporting was not accurate.
opened a ticket and got it solved in 2 days.
I have been using Cisco Secure Email for almost 10 years. It was named Ironport previously before even the acquiring of Cisco. We upgrade our old appliances to the latest and have been renewing our subscription for a long time. We actually didn't want to survey other competitors because we had no problems and the results were extremely satisfying. therefore I personally recommend this product.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Utilized across the entire organization. Many of our workers are remote and the only method of contact is via email. Having a solution that protects against email attacks is key to maintain a functional remote work force. As we do see much value in having an email security solution.
  • Protection
  • Security
  • Trusted brand
  • Marketing
  • Integration with third party solutions
  • Costs
In our organization and with our partners, email is the vast majority of our communications for doing business from ordering, quoting, and updates. Having an email security solution from a trusted brand is key. Great solution if you use a lot of email communications. Not as important if your company uses other forms of communications.
Secure Email Gateway (7)
78.57142857142857%
7.9
Anti-malware
80%
8.0
Customizability
80%
8.0
Data Loss Protection
80%
8.0
Threat Detection
80%
8.0
Sandboxing
80%
8.0
End-to-End Encryption
80%
8.0
Management Tools
70%
7.0
  • Maintain email uptime
  • Fast remediation
  • Costs
Cisco always provides good support for all of their solutions. As usual, Cisco support is top notch, from their initial sales teams to the post support, we have always felt comfortable with using Cisco solutions. Their documentation is also very good, frequent updates to the documents with feature enhancements and support notes. All around very good suppot.
Good interface, easy to use and set up. If there were any issues, there is very good documentation and videos that one can follow for additional setup and best practices. As typical with most Cisco solutions, there are more features than needed for our purposes but good to know they are there in case of future needs.
Robert Marinaro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I currently use Cisco Secure Email (formerly Cisco Email Security) to have clients send over/upload documents to me, securely and safely. It is currently being used by my branch and a few others throughout the company but not company-wide and not through our corporate office. We haven't had any issues with the program/secure email yet.
  • Securely sends emails and attachments
  • Gives peace of mind to customers who are providing personal and financial information
  • Easy to use
  • Low speed, lagging, and logging in constantly can be time consuming
  • Spam emails aren't easy to access--takes several steps
This secure email program is very beneficial/helpful for someone working in the mortgage/financial industry. We are constantly obtaining personal and confidential information from clients and this helps put their mind at ease when sending over bank statements and documentation with their name, social security number, and other confidential information.

It would be less appropriate/not needed when sending communication without attachments as we (at my company) do not type/write anyone's confidential information in the body of any emails.
Secure Email Gateway (7)
100%
10.0
Anti-malware
100%
10.0
Customizability
100%
10.0
Data Loss Protection
100%
10.0
Threat Detection
100%
10.0
Sandboxing
100%
10.0
End-to-End Encryption
100%
10.0
Management Tools
100%
10.0
  • Puts customers more at ease when sending over secure information/attachments
  • Simplified encryption
  • Does a decent job at filtering out threatening emails/spam
I haven't had much need to use support from Cisco directly as I haven't encountered many issues that needed direct support.
I would overall give this product a 10 out of 10. I don't see many flaws at all and it does what it's meant to do and helps put my clients' minds at ease when sending personal information via email. This software allows you to send secure emails to those intended to receive them. This helps not only myself but also clients feel safe when emailing secure documents that contain personal and financial information.
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