Accelerating Security: Why a Fortune 500 Transportation Leader Replaced Proofpoint with Abnormal

Ransomware Attacks Surge: The transportation industry has experienced a 186% increase in weekly ransomware attacks over the past two years, reflecting a growing threat to operational stability and supply chain resilience​ (Source: Abnormal Security).

Credential Phishing Dominates Attacks: Nearly 70% of email-based attacks targeting transportation enterprises involve credential phishing, with threat actors frequently impersonating service providers or social networks to gain access (Source: Abnormal Security)​.

Rising Costs of Cybercrime: Businesses, including those in transportation, have paid a staggering $1.29 billion in ransomware payments via cryptocurrency in the past two years (Source: Abnormal Security)​.

Missed Threats: Proofpoint’s Secure Email Gateway failed to block 6,754 malicious messages over five months, including 247 malware attacks and 12 account takeover cases.

Inefficient Inbox Management: Employees received over 569,000 graymail messages, cluttering their inboxes and consuming valuable time.

SOC Overload: Manual review of 8,469 user-reported emails per month demanded up to 438 SOC hours, leaving the team overwhelmed.

Unmatched Threat Detection: Abnormal’s behavioral AI flagged advanced threats Proofpoint missed, reducing organizational risk.

Automated Graymail Filtering: Efficient decluttering saved employees 163 hours per month on inbox management.

Enhanced SOC Productivity: Automation recovered 350 SOC hours per month, enabling the SOC team to focus on critical threats.

Strengthened Security: Abnormal’s precision detection helped avert potential annual losses exceeding $1,750,000 from undetected malicious emails.

Improved Workforce Efficiency: Employees reclaimed 163 hours monthly, enhancing focus on essential tasks.

Boosted SOC Efficiency: The SOC team’s workload lightened significantly, equating to the capacity of two additional full-time analysts.