Advanced Email Protection

Secure Email Gateway (SEG)

Identify and block malicious emails like phishing, malware, and spam before they reach user inboxes, protecting against common cyber threats.

Why SEG is Essential
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Guarding the Most Common Threat Vector

Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) are crucial because email remains one of the most common attack vectors. Tricking users via email is often easier than exploiting system vulnerabilities, and these attacks are highly scalable.

Originally focused on spam, modern SEGs now use machine learning and threat intelligence to combat sophisticated, targeted threats like Business Email Compromise (BEC) which may lack obvious malicious content.

Implementing an SEG is a vital step in protecting your organization from costly and damaging email-borne attacks.

How Secure Email Gateways Work

An SEG acts as a checkpoint, inspecting and filtering all incoming (and sometimes outgoing) email traffic for potentially malicious, dangerous, or inappropriate content before it reaches the end-user or leaves the organization.

They achieve this using a combination of techniques, including signature analysis to detect known malware patterns and advanced machine learning algorithms to identify novel and sophisticated threats like BEC and zero-day attacks.

Threats Protected Against by SEGs

Spam

Blocks high volumes of malicious or unwanted email traffic.

Malware

Stops ransomware and other malware delivered via email attachments or malicious links.

Phishing

Identifies and blocks emails using social engineering to trick recipients into dangerous actions.

WinMethods SEG Expertise

As a Managed Security Services Provider, WinMethods has expertise in implementing and managing leading Secure Email Gateway solutions:

We help you select, configure, and maintain the optimal SEG solution to protect your organization's email communications.

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Protect Your Inboxes from Advanced Threats

Secure your primary communication channel with a robust Secure Email Gateway. Contact WinMethods to discuss the best SEG solution for your organization.