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Avanan pros and cons

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PROS

Avanan has significantly reduced clicks on malicious links, decreasing from multiple clicks per month to just a few per year.
The customizable rules enable users to modify aspects to match their security needs.
Email encryption by Avanan enhances end-to-end security, safeguarding data as it travels through network systems.
Email Attachment Protection by Avanan promptly blocks insecure files, preventing the spread of viruses to secure documents.
The integration capabilities of Avanan with existing and new applications are highly effective.

CONS

Despite using a single sign-on provider, users must have Azure Active Directory for Office 365, which is considered unnecessary.
The creation of allow and block list rules sometimes seems ineffective as they do not always work as expected.
The system often generates false positives and lacks a quick backup for wrongly quarantined or deleted emails to prevent data loss.
Response times on slow computing devices impact performance when sending and receiving emails.
New users unfamiliar with the modern cloud networking infrastructure may find the platform complicated to use.
 

Avanan Pros review quotes

reviewer1593480 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 15, 2021
If we look at four to five years ago, we had close to six or eight people click a link in an email per month. Now, we are probably down to about five or six clicks a year, if not less.
Sony James - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 10, 2023
Avanan is a stable software. My company hasn't faced any issues, bugs, or problems with the performance of Avanan.
reviewer2005806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2022
Email Attachment Protection detects any insecure files and quickly blocks them to prevent the spread of viruses to other secure documents.
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reviewer1717590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 16, 2021
The customizable rules allow you to change aspects.
reviewer2008410 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2022
When we don't understand some functionalities, the customer support staff responds fast to our calls and provides immediate action.
BH
Oct 17, 2022
Email encryption enhances end to end security of any data before it passes through the networking system.
reviewer2024712 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 15, 2022
It can retract unsafe emails and remove them from the entire communication channel.
reviewer2005803 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 4, 2022
Email inspection has saved many employees from spam attacks and viruses from unauthorized sources.
reviewer1933986 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 6, 2022
Easy to use for non-technical users.
reviewer2000274 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 22, 2022
It can detect corrupted files and filters out documents with viruses.
 

Avanan Cons review quotes

reviewer1593480 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 15, 2021
Being cloud first and because we are in the movie business, we use a lot of Macintoshes. So, there is absolutely no reason for us to have Active Directory whatsoever. However, if you are using Office 365, you must have Active Directory in order to reset passwords. Even though we have a single sign-on provider, we must have Azure Active Directory for Office 365, which is really stupid. As a cloud application, you would think that I don't need Active Directory, which I don't need for anything else except Office 365. We have one server inside that space to help us manage Active Directory just for Office 365. This is a very sore point, but it is what it is.
Sony James - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 10, 2023
In Avanan, the email channel is one of the channels where data leakage happens, and they need to consider it from a DLP perspective.
reviewer2005806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2022
The cost can be reviewed to enable SMEs to acquire it and enjoy great security features.
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reviewer1717590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 16, 2021
Sometimes it seemed like the allow list wasn't working. I've created many allow list rules however, they still seem to be blocked; the same is true with the blocked list rules.
reviewer2008410 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2022
The customer service team could come up with clear tutorials on how to use this platform to help new teams.
BH
Oct 17, 2022
They should come up with a mobile application so that it can be more flexible.
reviewer2024712 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 15, 2022
Familiarization with performance for new teams may take a long time.
reviewer2005803 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 4, 2022
The system response in a slow computing device affects performance when sending and receiving emails.
reviewer1933986 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 6, 2022
It should also offer a quick backup in case any email is wrongly quarantined or deleted to ensure no data loss.
reviewer2000274 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 22, 2022
It is complicated for new users unfamiliar with the modern cloud networking infrastructure.