Security out of the box
September 25, 2025

Security out of the box

João Paulo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

In our organization, we selected Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense as a foundational component of our email security strategy. Our decision was driven by the escalating volume and sophistication of email-borne threats, which had become a primary concern—particularly with the shift toward a hybrid workforce model, addressing our business challenges.

Pros

  • Email encryption and DLP
  • Mailbox remediation
  • Effective threat prevention

Cons

  • Reporting and analytics
  • self-service portal and quarantine notifications user-friendly
  • False positives
  • Email threat correlation w/ Cisco stack
  • Securing outbound PII emails
  • Sandboxing + auto-removal effective
Cisco SETD, with a broad deployment and full integration with Microsoft 365 gives us a strong protection, especially where we can leverage its strengths: Microsoft‑365 integration, mailbox remediation, policy enforcement, and your visibility across Cisco tools.



Proofpoint is better around user awareness (warning tags etc.), and continuity/archiving.
Considering that we have a full Cisco stack, choosing Proofpoint would come with higher cost, learning curve, possible redundancy of features, licensing complexity.

Do you think Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense again?

Yes

For example to prevent targeted phishing campaigns against executives (BEC/Impersonation) or malware distribution via Inbound email attachments or correlating email threats with other security events.
Don't find it aligned with scenarios with heavy emphasis on user awareness and engagement

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Feature Ratings

Secure Email Gateway
10.0
Threat Detection
10
Management Tools
10

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