Advanced Threat Protection: NoSpamProxy offers numerous ATP features
Email is and remains the most popular gateway for cyber attacks. Traditional spam filters are no longer sufficient. Modern threats such as targeted phishing, CEO fraud or ransomware are so sophisticated that they can bypass conventional protection mechanisms. This is exactly where Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) comes in: as an intelligent, multi-layered defense mechanism against current attack scenarios. Read our blog article to find out why ATP is so important and why NoSpamProxy effectively protects you and your company against threats.
What is Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)?
ATP is an approach designed to detect and block previously unknown threats at an early stage. It can often be found as a function package within email security solutions. ATP can therefore also be described as an extended form of email security, which is intended to ward off all those threats that cannot be reliably blocked by classic email protection.
It is important to note that ATP does not describe a single product, but a security concept that combines several products and thus mechanisms. Some examples of typical ATP functions are
Why is ATP important?
Traditional email security solutions such as spam filters, antivirus programs or simple firewalls are no longer a match for today’s threats. Modern cyber attacks are intelligent and often barely detectable by conventional filters. Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) offers dynamic protection that reacts to behavior instead of just known patterns.
ATP solutions detect threats not only based on technical characteristics, but also based on behavior – and they offer protection against targeted attacks, not just mass malware. When over 90% of all cyberattacks start with an email and phishing, CxO fraud and similar attacks are tailored to individual companies or individuals, ATP is the right tool to protect yourself.
Do I need Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)?
Small and medium-sized companies in particular are often a popular target for criminals, as they are less likely to be equipped with modern protection systems. Even a single successful phishing attack can be enough to paralyze IT systems or encrypt data and thus pave the way for ransomware demands – and then it gets really expensive.
Standard solutions do not detect zero-day malware, targeted social engineering attacks or dangerous redirected links. ATP supplements existing solutions with precisely these gaps in protection and is therefore a useful addition to existing security solutions.
Which ATP features are available?
NoSpamProxy Protection ATP offers a range of ATP functions that effectively protect your IT environment against current threats:
32Guards DeepFile Analyzer Quickly identify and block dangerous attachments
The 32Guards DeepFile Analyzer (DFA) enhances the security of your email attachments through advanced static file analysis. Files are automatically scanned and analyzed line by line to reliably identify malicious content. With the help of the NoSpamProxy DeepFile Analyzer, NoSpamProxy detects and blocks even the most sophisticated threats, such as AI-generated cyberattacks.
Unlike traditional sandbox solutions, the analysis is extremely fast and does not require time-consuming file execution.
32Guards Recall: Defusing Threatening Emails After Delivery
Not every threat is detected immediately. This is exactly where 32Guards Recall comes in: Emails that have already been delivered can be identified retroactively and automatically removed from inboxes.
Administrators receive automatic alerts, including relevant Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), as needed. The message tracking feature allows administrators to determine which recipients are affected.
Further features in NoSpamProxy
CxO Fraud Detection
The CxO Fraud Detection in NoSpamProxy compares the sender name of inbound emails with the names of important users in your company. As a result, fake emails sent to you or your employees in the name of superiors, employees or customers are intercepted by the spam filter. This protects you from CxO Fraud/Business Email Compromise (BEC).
URL management with URL Safeguard
NoSpamProxy uses the SURBL filter to check emails for malicious URLs and blocks affected emails. URL Safeguard also allows URLs in incoming emails to be rewritten. This means that when the user clicks on the URL, it is checked again to see whether there are any negative assessments for this URL. This increases security, as some attackers change the destination of URLs a few hours after they have been sent. The URL Safeguard can be configured individually, for example it can only be activated for unknown communication partners.
QR code scanning
QR code scanning in NoSpamProxy effectively protects you and your company from quishing. The Core Antispam Engine recognizes QR codes in emails and attachments and simultaneously evaluates the stored URLs.
If a URL is recognized as malicious, NoSpamProxy assigns SCL points (Spam Confidence Level) accordingly and blocks the email. In this way, dangerous QR codes do not even reach your employees’ inboxes and your company is protected.
32Guards Sandbox
The 32Guards Sandbox Service adds a crucial layer of protection to your security configuration and protects you against the loss of sensitive data, financial damage or the loss of your ability to act.
The files to be checked are transmitted to the sandbox in encrypted form. To make the scanning process as efficient as possible, an expected behaviour is predicted based on the file type (static analysis) and an environment optimized for this prediction is started up (dynamic analysis).
The 32Guards Sandbox is not included in NoSpamProxy as standard and must be licensed separately.
Intelligent attachment management
NoSpamProxy makes it possible to automatically convert attachments in Word, Excel or PDF format into non-critical PDF files based on rules using Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR). Potentially existing malicious code is eliminated and a guaranteed harmless attachment is sent to the recipient.
Learn more about NoSpamProxy Protection ATP
Are you looking for a solution that effectively protects you against current threats with numerous integrated ATP functions? Find more information about the ATP module here.
