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It's a solid baseline for commodity spam and known phishing templates, but it struggles with targeted attacks and business email compromise. Most organisations layer either an AI-native post-delivery tool (Abnormal, Darktrace Email) or an upgraded gateway (Proofpoint, Mimecast) on top.

BEC is an attack where a criminal impersonates an executive, vendor, or trusted party to trick someone into moving money or sharing data. There's often no malware and no malicious link - just a carefully crafted lie. Traditional signature-based filters miss it completely because there's nothing technically malicious to detect.

We run a controlled phishing simulation against your team, tracking click rates, credential submissions, and reporting behaviour. You get a department-level risk report and a prioritised list of fixes - from DMARC enforcement to training gaps.

API-based post-delivery tools (like Abnormal) deploy in under a day with no mail flow changes. Gateway replacements (Proofpoint, Mimecast) typically run 2–4 weeks including tuning. We handle cutover so business email never goes dark.

Yes. Your gateway protects inbound mail to your users. DMARC protects your customers and partners from being spoofed by emails that claim to come from you. Without p=reject, anyone can send mail as your domain - and your brand takes the reputational hit.

Business email compromise (BEC) is an attack where a criminal uses email impersonation - of a CEO, CFO, vendor, or partner - to trick someone into wiring funds, changing banking details, or releasing sensitive data. BEC usually carries no malware and no malicious URL, which is why signature-based filters miss it. The loss per incident is typically far higher than a commodity phishing click: FBI IC3 still reports BEC as one of the costliest cybercrime categories globally, and it's the same pattern we see in UAE enterprises.

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) is a DNS-published policy that tells receiving mail servers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM alignment against your domain. It works in three parts: (1) SPF lists which servers are allowed to send mail on your behalf, (2) DKIM cryptographically signs outbound mail, and (3) DMARC tells inbox providers to quarantine or reject mail that fails both checks - and sends aggregate reports back to you. A DMARC policy at p=reject is what actually stops domain spoofing; p=none only observes.

In order: (1) a secure email gateway for pre-delivery filtering, (2) an AI behavioural layer (Abnormal, Proofpoint TAP, Darktrace) for post-delivery BEC detection, (3) DMARC at p=reject on every owned domain, (4) phish-resistant MFA on every mailbox, and (5) monthly phishing simulations so reporting becomes a reflex. Each layer catches a different class of attack - skip any one and the delta shows up in your incident log within a quarter.

Proofpoint wins on threat intelligence depth and the TAP dashboard - it's the default choice for large, regulated UAE enterprises with a dedicated SOC. Mimecast wins on Microsoft 365 integration, archiving, and mail continuity - a better fit if you're an M365-first shop that needs the resiliency layer as much as the security layer. Pricing and deployment effort are comparable; the real decision is driven by what your SOC will operate day-to-day.

They solve different problems. Proofpoint is a secure email gateway (pre-delivery). Abnormal is API-based and sits post-delivery, reading signals from the mailbox itself. The most resilient architecture runs a gateway (Proofpoint or Microsoft Defender) in front of Abnormal's behavioural AI - the gateway stops bulk malware and phishing, Abnormal stops BEC and vendor fraud that the gateway has no pattern for. Running Abnormal alone requires you to already have a gateway in place.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2) has closed a lot of the gap - Safe Links, Safe Attachments, and attack simulation training are genuinely strong. It's often enough for mid-market Microsoft-only organisations. Proofpoint still pulls ahead on (a) cross-tenant threat intelligence, (b) TAP-level visibility for SOC teams, and (c) detection of supplier-account takeover. Rule of thumb: if you're licensed for E5 and don't have a dedicated SOC, Defender for Office is the right starting point; layer Abnormal on top if BEC is your primary concern.

The UAE Information Assurance Standards (IAS) published by NESA / TDRA require email security controls as part of the broader information assurance posture - including anti-phishing protection, email authentication (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), incident response, and user awareness training. Under the UAE PDPL, personal data transmitted or stored via email also falls under the lawful-processing and security-of-processing obligations. Artiflex IT aligns deployments to these requirements so your email stack is audit-ready, not just operationally secure.