Lending Platform Selects Abnormal Over Avanan to Strengthen Email Security

Industry Context

Financial Services Face Elevated Risks: Phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) campaigns have surged in sophistication, with AI-powered threats targeting high-value financial assets and sensitive client data (Source: Abnormal Security).
Compliance Challenges Loom Large: Financial institutions must adhere to strict detection and reporting standards across federal, state, and local organizations, making timely breach identification and compliance critical to operations (Source: Abnormal Security).
An Industry Under Siege: With 25% of phishing attacks targeting the financial sector—more than the next three industries combined—financial services organizations remain a prime target for both cybercriminals and ransomware groups (Source: Abnormal Security).

Advanced Threats Missed by Microsoft: The platform faced rising risks from supply chain attacks, VIP impersonations, and invoice fraud that Microsoft failed to catch.
Operational Complexity: Both Microsoft and Avanan required constant manual tuning and maintenance, overburdening the IT team.
Poor POV Experience: Avanan’s disjointed POV process took 20–30 minutes, leaving a lackluster impression compared to Abnormal’s fast, seamless integration.

Superior Detection: Abnormal demonstrated its ability to catch advanced threats like fraudulent vendor emails that were missed by competitors.
Effortless Integration: Abnormal’s API-based deployment provided a streamlined and fast POV process, far surpassing Avanan’s cumbersome setup.
Fully Automated Solution: Abnormal eliminated the need for manual tuning and intervention, offering a hands-free, highly accurate email security solution.

Advanced Threat Prevention: Abnormal blocks sophisticated email attacks like supply chain threats and phishing before they reach user inboxes.
Operational Efficiency: Automation significantly reduced manual triage and false positives, freeing up IT resources for higher-value tasks.
Seamless User Experience: With fewer disruptions and enhanced security, the platform’s team can focus on its core mission of empowering financial institutions.