[ Symante... Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/symantec-email-security-cloud/reviews) [ Symante... Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/symantec-email-security-cloud/reviews) # Symantec Email Security.Cloud Features ##### ## Administration (13) Intelligence Reporting Actively gathers data on suspicious sources and characteristics of potentially malicious content Email Integration Suppor Supports secure implementation with popular email applications and clients. Access Management Allows administrators to set user access privileges to permit approved parties to access sensitive data. Data Loss Prevention Has pre-built data loss prevention (DLP) functions which prevent employees or accounts that have been hacked from sending out sensitive information. Compliance Supports compliance with PII, GDPR, HIPPA, PCI, and other regulatory standards. Intelligence Reporting Actively gathers data on suspicious sources and characteristics of potentially malicious content Email Clients Supports secure implementation with popular email applications and clients. Role-Based Rules Allows administrators to set user access privileges to permit approved parties to access sensitive data. Risk-scoring Calculates risk based on user behavior, baselines, and improvements. Customization Customizable solution so administers can adjust content to industry, position, etc. White-Labeling Allows users to implement their own branding throughout the platform. Reporting Provides analytics tools that reveal important business metrics and track progress. AI-generated Content Uses generative AI to create training scenarios, deepfake simulations, or tailored modules. Show More ##### ## Maintenance (4) Auditing Access pre-built and custom reports to monitor user activity and storage. Allow and block lists Prevents previous committers of fraud and other suspicious accounts from future communications Compliance Supports compliance with PII, GDPR, HIPPA, PCI, and other regulatory standards. Archiving Archives conversations, files, and other communications for future reference Show More ##### ## Security (6) Anti-Malware/Anti-Spam Prevents malware or spam in emails either through predictive or reactive anti-malware/anti-spam tools. Encryption Encrypts the content of emails and their attachments. Quarantine Isolates potentially malicious content and files before they can gain network access Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Includes advanced tools, including machine learning analysis to detect threats often missed by traditional filtering tools, such as unsafe attachments, advanced malware, and targetted social engineering attacks. Anti-Phishing Prevents both phishing attacks and spear-fishing attacks, including impersonation attacks. Account takeover prevention Has pre-built data loss prevention (DLP) functions which prevent employees or accounts that have been hacked from sending out sensitive information. Show More ##### ## Detection (3) Data Exfiltration Detection Alerts administrators and other related parties about the unauthorized movement or release of company information. Activity Monitoring Monitors user email activity, documents behaviors for baselining and anomaly detection. Real-Time Detection Constantly monitors system to detect anomalies in real time. Show More ##### ## Protection (3) Targeted Attack Prevention Analyzes historical email data, identifies at-risk individuals, then detects and blocks targeted spam emails. Policy Enforcement Allows administrators to set policies for security and governance. Spam Filtering Prevents spam emails containing phishing links, suspicious URLs, and malicous attatchments from reaching a user's inbox. Show More ##### ## Assessment (3) Continuous Assessment The abillity to automate assessment or have assesments scheduled and delivered continuously. Phishing Assessment Sends users phishing emails, voicemails, messages through SMS, Slack, Teams, etc. to test user's threat-identification abilities. Baselining Assess current state of user security training, prior to training, which can be used to track performance and improvement. Show More ##### ## Training (3) Content Library Provides users with a pre-built library of useable security-related informational content. Interactive Training Engages users through content in the form of interactive applications, games, and modules. Gamification Contains gamification tools, including but not limited to badges, leaderboards, and point scoring. Show More ##### ## Functionality (9) Anti-Spam Prevents unwanted emails including bulk, mass, or other junk emails from reaching recipients mailboxes. Anti-Malware Prevents emails with malicious links or attachments embedded with malware, such as ransomware, spyware, and other viruses, from reaching email recipients. Anti-Phishing prevent social-engineering attacks such as phishing, spear-phishing, and c-level executive impersonation attacks. Filtering Functionality Provides filters such as: approved senders, whitelists, greylists such as bulk emails that may not be malicious, blocked senders, blacklists, IP reputation, content (such as profanity, credit card numbers, password protected files, and other sensitive information), virus detection, re-directs and malicious URLs, newsletter detection, attachment size, and invalid recipients. Quarantine Includes a quarantine area for users to manually inspect suspicious emails. Outbound Email Monitoring Monitors outgoing mail to prevent data loss by encrypting messages or preventing the messages from being sent. Advanced Threat Intelligence/Protection Includes advanced threat protections such as machine learning to conduct abnormal behavioral analysis, display name spoof detection especially regarding c-level impersonation attacks, detecting lookalike email domains that are visually confusing. Archiving Offers archival email retention for compliance purposes. Reporting Offers standard reporting functionality. Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Secure Email Gateway (1) Proactive Assistance Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Email Anti-spam Features (2) Autonomous Task Execution Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input Proactive Assistance Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting Show More ##### ## Agentic AI - Intelligent Email Protection (2) Autonomous Task Execution Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input Adaptive Learning Improves performance based on feedback and experience Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Proofpoint Core Email Protection](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/8adf2eedd5616a9f5e200c4520f6d30d/proofpoint-core-email-protection.svg "Proofpoint Core Email Protection") Proofpoint Core Email Protection 4.6/5(601) ](https://www.g2.com/products/proofpoint-core-email-protection/reviews) [ ![Microsoft Defender for Office 365](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/a8a99a96fda235658139f710592f8a53/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365.svg "Microsoft Defender for Office 365") Microsoft Defender for Office 365 4.5/5(299) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365/reviews) [ ![Mimecast Advanced Email Security](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/f5a940f69ecf990f3b175a09dfafb287/mimecast-advanced-email-security.svg "Mimecast Advanced Email Security") Mimecast Advanced Email Security 4.4/5(320) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mimecast-advanced-email-security/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/symantec-email-security-cloud/competitors/alternatives) Symantec Email Security.Cloud Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_4e2b08dd17397bdc99a5658447cbc589/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Defender for... 4.5/5(299) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/microsoft-microsoft-defender-for-office-365-vs-symantec-email-security-cloud) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_f9b90f9d8d4e2cbdf787403ec274b32f/proofpoint-core-email-protection.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Proofpoint Core Email... 4.6/5(601) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/proofpoint-core-email-protection-vs-symantec-email-security-cloud) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_38b2594bf3660b0b77b70d2dd1b16fee/cisco-secure-email-threat-defense.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Cisco Secure Email Threat... 4.3/5(28) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/cisco-secure-email-threat-defense-vs-symantec-email-security-cloud) ##### Categories on G2 [ Security Awareness Training ](https://www.g2.com/categories/security-awareness-training)[ Cloud Email Security ](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-email-security)[ Email Anti-spam ](https://www.g2.com/categories/email-anti-spam) [ Secure Email Gateway ](https://www.g2.com/categories/secure-email-gateway)[ Intelligent Email Protection ](https://www.g2.com/categories/intelligent-email-protection) Show More ##### Explore More [ Which machine translation software is best for translating legal and technical documents at scale where accuracy and terminology consistency actually matter? 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