{"id":47207,"date":"2022-06-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/blog\/?p=115692"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:00:00","slug":"microsoft-defender-for-office-365-receives-highest-award-in-se-labs-enterprise-email-security-services-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-defender-for-office-365-receives-highest-award-in-se-labs-enterprise-email-security-services-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 receives highest award in SE Labs Enterprise Email Security Services test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In today\u2019s evolving threat landscape, email represents the primary attack vector for cybercrime, making effective email protection a key component of any security strategy.1<\/sup> <\/p>\n

In Q1 2022, Microsoft participated in an evaluation of email security solutions, carried out by SE labs\u2014a testing lab focused on assessing the efficacy of security solutions. In their latest Enterprise Email Security Services test, they evaluated email security vendors against a range of real-world email attack scenarios.<\/p>\n

Today we are excited to share that Microsoft received an AAA Protection Award for Microsoft Defender for Office 365<\/a>, the highest possible award that vendors can achieve in this test.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 helps organizations protect against advanced threats including phishing and business email compromise. It provides a wide range of email protection capabilities including protection from impersonation, spoofing, as well as holistic attack campaign views, using machine learning and other heuristics to identify phishing attacks across the entire organization.<\/p>\n

Another core component of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is user training. Even at Microsoft, we continuously run exercises to educate our employees and senior leaders to raise their awareness to real-life phishing attacks, using the attack simulation training capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Office 365.<\/p>\n

In the SE labs<\/a> report, Microsoft received a total score of 89 percent based on the evaluation of two key criteria:<\/p>\n