Exertis has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Aquilai for its cloud-based Ajax Intelligence solution which aims to provide protection against advanced phishing threats.
Aquilai’s Ajax technology is aimed at mid- and large-sized enterprise companies who use cloud-based email like Office 365 and G-Suite. Jason Hill, Exertis Hammer sales director for Europe responsible for security and wireless solutions, said: “Phishing remains a major threat and is estimated to be responsible for 93% of data breaches. Ajax Intelligence is a very effective, analytical solution against email phishing threats that will continue to impact all sizes and types of organisations, often through employees innocently opening an email.”
When a phishing email is detected, the software provides a “simple but effective” traffic light warning system that appears immediately above the body of the message on the user’s desktop, web or mobile device, adding another level of security against social engineering attacks.
Its intelligent use of machine learning detects all types of advanced phishing threats using real-time technical checks and linguistic analysis. “This is an excellent addition to our security portfolio that will enable our resellers to offer their customers even better detection and protection,” said Hill.
Social engineering attacks can be very hard to detect by many secure email gateway solutions. Ajax Intelligence uses over 150 machine learning algorithms to read and spot rogue messages. It can also catch zero-day phishing attacks that haven’t been reported yet. Ajax can be set up as a stand-alone solution or in conjunction with other secure email gateways like Mimecast, if they are already deployed.
Paul Chapman, Aquilai CEO, said: “With Exertis’ breadth of reseller customers, we can introduce our enterprise class solution to more organisations. Ajax Intelligence detects over 40% of phishing attacks that are missed by incumbent vendors with no perceptible delays with email processing and delivery. By automatically learning and creating a profile of the usual email flow for each user, it provides advanced visibility of even zero-day attacks. The solution also provides a useful dashboard to track results and issues.”
