Cofense Phishing Threat Detection and Response (PDR) Platform

Additional Info

CompanyCofense
Websitehttps://cofense.com/
Company size (employees)100 to 499
Headquarters RegionNorth America

Overview

In 2023, malicious email threats bypassing secure email gateways (SEGs) increased by 104.5% demonstrating that despite the implementation of AI capabilities in SEGs, phishing emails are still bypassing these defenses and reaching users’ inboxes. The Cofense Phishing Threat Detection and Response (PDR) Platform addresses this critical gap by combining advanced automation and human-vetted intelligence to swiftly remediate threats that are evading traditional SEGs and AI-powered solutions.

Cofense is the leader in intelligence-driven email defense solutions, powered by the world’s largest active phishing threat reporting network of more than 35 million Cofense-trained employees. This global network drives the PDR Platform, seamlessly integrating Triage email analysis and auto-quarantine capabilities to enhance visibility into indicators of compromise (IOCs) and to accelerate threat detection and response.

What sets Cofense apart is the PDR Platform’s unique use of collective SEG-miss intelligence from its global reporting network, paired with automated tools and expert human analysis. This powerful combination delivers actionable insights that enable organizations to quickly adapt to evolving threats. By leveraging diverse, real-world intelligence and advanced automation, the PDR Platform provides a robust defense against sophisticated phishing campaigns.

Key Capabilities / Features

- AI-Powered Spam Filter: In October, Cofense introduced AI-driven spam reduction capabilities to its PDR Platform, leveraging Bayesian Machine Learning (ML) to customize an AI spam filter tailored to a SOC’s unique environment. This feature, designed to reduce SOC analyst spam overhead by 30%, identifies and automatically filters out spam emails that previously flooded analysts’ inboxes. Unlike many other AI-driven products, the Cofense PDR AI Spam Filter ensures complete data privacy by processing emails locally, eliminating the need to export data to external cloud environments and supporting compliance requirements.


- Triage Email Analytics: Designed for phishing threat analysis, Triage Email Analytics accelerates user-reported threat determination and analysis by delivering robust visibility and automated analysis into IOCs. This includes both internal IOCs and those shared by Cofense’s global reporting network, enabling faster, data-driven decision-making.


- Cofense Intelligence: Cofense Intelligence is the industry’s only phishing-focused threat intelligence offering, powered by the world’s largest global phishing reporting network of more than 35 million individuals. Every IOC originates from real-world reports of phishing emails that bypass a SEG, validated by Cofense analysts. These reports provide actionable insights into the most dangerous phishing threats, equipping organizations with unmatched visibility into the evolving threat landscape.


- Vision Email Auto-Quarantine: This automated phishing indexing tool rapidly detects and quarantines malicious emails that evade SEGs, dramatically reducing dwell time. Automatically quarantining major IOCs ensures swift and accurate containment of phishing threats.


How we are different

- Bridging the AI Security Gap: The Cofense PDR Platform seamlessly combines human-vetted intelligence with automated capabilities to close gaps left by traditional AI-driven tools. While AI excels at pattern recognition and data filtering, it is not foolproof against highly targeted phishing campaigns exploiting offensive AI tactics. Cofense acknowledges this by combining the speed and efficiency of AI with the expertise of analysts who vet threats to provide timely, accurate insights. By leveraging both AI and human ingenuity, this dual approach ensures organizations can mitigate sophisticated phishing threats that are bypassing their SEGs.


- Global Human Intelligence Network: The Cofense PDR Platform is powered by more than 35 million Cofense-trained employees, creating the world’s largest active phishing threat reporting network. By collecting real-time phishing reports from organizations worldwide, this extensive network provides unparalleled insights into potential threats, significantly enhancing the reach and effectiveness of Cofense’s human intelligence.


- Exclusive SEG-Miss Database: Cofense provides deep visibility into real-world phishing threats that evade popular SEGs. Driven by factual, verifiable data and vetted through Cofense analysts, the SEG-Miss Database delivers actionable insights, including breakdowns of phishing types, tactics, and themes. With the ability to filter by SEG vendor or attack type, this powerful resource helps organizations identify gaps in their email defenses, adapt to evolving threats, and proactively strengthen their email security posture.


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