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Avast Email Security

Score8.7 out of 10

23 Reviews and Ratings

What is Avast Email Security?

Avast Email Security is a service available and delivered through the company's CloudCare security management console. Three features of Avast Email Security service allow employees and customers to manage their email more safely: Anti-spam to keep email boxes free of unwanted email, encrypted emails ensure that incoming and outgoing email are securely delivered , and email archiving allows users to manage the size and storage for inboxes.

Top Performing Features

  • Data Loss Protection

    A set of tools and processes used to ensure that sensitive data is not lost, misused, or accessed by unauthorized users.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Anti-malware

    Anti-malware is a type of software program designed to prevent, detect and remove malicious software

    Category average: 9.1

  • Customizability

    Customizing email security gateways can improve detection capabilities

    Category average: 7.7

Areas for Improvement

  • Sandboxing

    Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs providing an extra layer of security

    Category average: 7.3

  • End-to-End Encryption

    In end-to-end encryption the data is encrypted on the sender's system or device and only the recipient is able to decrypt it

    Category average: 8.4

  • Management Tools

    Management tools include administrator dashboards, reports, etc.

    Category average: 8.4

Best Security For Emails

Pros

  • Avast Email Security is so easy to use and anyone can decrypt and encrypt emails
  • The software offers better protection to emails
  • The software is relatively affordable
  • With Avast Email Security, it is easy to manage inbox sizes of individual emails

Cons

  • I have not experienced any issues that I can list here.

Most Important Features

  • The quick encrypt and decrypt feature makes it easy to protect data when sending emails
  • The ability to protect our emails from spamming and malware is a plus
  • Also, the User Interface is also important because anyone can easily use the software.

Return on Investment

  • By keeping spamming and other online threats away, we do not have to worry about corrupt emails or hacking instances.
  • With Avast Email Security, we do not have to worry about data loss
  • Avast Email Security makes it easy to encrypt and decrypt emails thereby ensuring data privacy

Alternatives Considered

DataMotion Secure Email

Other Software Used

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