Microsoft published updated email security benchmarking results based on recent telemetry, comparing Microsoft Defender with secure email gateway providers and integrated cloud email security (ICES) solutions. The analysis said Defender removed an average of 71% of malicious email post-delivery. Microsoft reported that layering ICES solutions with Defender improved filtering of marketing and bulk email by an average of 14%. For malicious messages that reached inboxes, the report attributed an average of 29% of post-delivery filtering to ICES vendors. The ICES vendor ecosystem referenced in the analysis includes four partners: Darktrace, KnowBe4, Cisco, and VIPRE Security Group.

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