Avanan - A Game Changer for Office 365 Security
May 26, 2021

Avanan - A Game Changer for Office 365 Security

Tim Wardlow | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Avanan

We are using Avanan for anti-phishing and anti-malware protection for Office 365. We deployed Avanan to our entire organization 3 years ago. When we migrated to Office 365, within a month we were constantly under attack. Phishing attacks leading to compromised accounts leading to more phishing campaigns using those compromised accounts. It was never ending. Microsoft's security was doing nothing to help. We reached out to Avanan. Set up a POC and instantly the attacks stopped. Well, Avanan was stopping them from ever reaching the user's mailboxes. Everyone was happy.
  • Avanan anti-phishing stops phishing attacks dead in their tracks
  • Avanan detects and blocks malicious email attachments
  • Avanan is super simple to setup
  • I'd like to see less false positive detections caused by Microsoft ATP emails
  • I'd like to see better reporting features/dashboards to provide to executives
  • I can't think of a third, they really do everything else great
  • Avanan allowed us to get back to doing other things instead of responding to phishing attacks
  • Avanan stopped all the malicious URL's ending up in our user's mailboxes, in turn reducing security risks
In my three years using the product I have submitted several support tickets to Avanan support and they respond usually within the hour with a full resolution. I do not recall having a support ticket ever exceed one day. They have also made changes to their product in response to a support ticket. Avanan support is very responsive.

Do you think Avanan delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Avanan's feature set?

Yes

Did Avanan live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Avanan go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Avanan again?

Yes

I have been using Avanan anti-phishing and anti-malware for over three years now and I rarely need to manage it. After getting it up and running, it mostly runs itself. Quietly stopping phishing attacks, or blocking malicious attachments. After implementing Avanan I was able to get back to doing other things. When I do need to access the management portal it is very fluid and simple to use.
If you're migrating to Office 365 or are already on that platform I highly recommend Avanan anti-phishing protection. It integrates very well and is super easy to get up and running. When we hosted our own email system we did not have Avanan, so it might not be well suited for self-hosted scenarios. For cloud email its a must!

Avanan Feature Ratings

Anti-malware
10
Customizability
10
Data Loss Protection
10
Threat Detection
10
Sandboxing
10
Management Tools
10