With 88% of security breaches caused by human error and misdirected emails a 55% bigger threat to businesses than phishing attacks, insider threats represent the number security vulnerability to organizations.
In response, Egress is defining a new category of technology – “Human Layer Security”. Unlike legacy approaches to these complex problems, which rely on static rule-based DLP, Egress understands that people do not conform to standard working patterns and processes, and that to truly prevent data breaches, technology must be able to identify behavioral abnormalities within the context of specific sharing scenarios.
Egress Intelligent Email Security prevents insider data breaches in three key areas:
1. Prevention of human-activated email threats
Egress Prevent uses contextual machine learning and advanced DLP to detect when employees are about to accidentally or intentionally leak data to stop breaches before they happen.
The technology inspects all email content to make sure the message body and attachments are suitable for all the recipients included. Helpful prompts encourage data breach prevention by urging users to correct mistakes before they happen, while blocking risky emails from being sent altogether. In addition, comprehensive admin reporting dashboards provide statistics to highlight security threats.
2. Protection of sensitive information
Egress offers government and industry-certified email encryption, providing total control over shared information so that the user can secure sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access. To remove sender friction, the solution intelligently automates encryption based on the identified risk as data is shared in real time, and uses Egress’ patented Smart Authentication and network intelligence (powered by machine learning) to reduce barriers to access for authorized recipients. In doing so, the technology supports high user adoption and scalability, while reducing risk to sensitive data.
How we are different
• Egress Intelligent Email Security mitigates insider risk by preventing data loss over email, from accidental breaches such as misdirected email to intentional exfiltration of data to personal accounts – competitors offer point solutions, Egress offers a comprehensive solution by utilizing machine learning to prevent breaches, but also protecting data with powerful encryption
• Egress Intelligent Email Security is more advanced and more effective than static rules-based solutions, which can lead to click fatigue. Egress’ solutions avoid click fatigue by utilizing machine learning to only prompt users when they are about to send an email to the wrong recipient. Egress is also less admin intensive, as the machine learning solution can actively learn about users’ activity to build a pattern of behavior, requiring less administration than setting up and maintaining static rules.
• 93% of organizations have experienced email data breaches in the last 12 months, and remote working due to Covid-19 has only increased the risk. Egress Intelligent Email Security is offering a solution to reduce insider risk at a time when the risk posed by email is continuing to grow as remote workers rely on email more than ever before.
About this category: Insider Risk Management
The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize insider risk management products. The category covers products that detect and respond to risk from malicious, careless or compromised insiders, such as data theft by departing employees.
An independent jury of security practitioners, analysts and CISOs scores each nomination on leadership, innovation and impact. Each nomination competes in its category against organizations of similar size and region. Entry packages, sponsorship and public votes do not affect the jury's scores.
Community Choice voting for the 2021 season closed on July 10, 2021.
What is the Community Choice Award?
A separate award decided by public vote, independent of the jury awards. Each completed share of a profile on LinkedIn, Facebook or X counted as one vote.
2027 award season
Nominations closeFebruary 27, 2027
Jury winners announcedWeek of March 22
Community Choice voting closesJuly 10, 2027
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Community Choice is a separate award track from the jury-selected Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Jury winners are chosen by expert judges, while Community Choice winners are determined by public voting. A nominee may be honored by the jury, the community, or both.
2021 winners in Insider Risk Management
To keep judging fair, each entry is judged against peers in its segment, so a category can have more than one Gold winner.
