Our client, a leading asset management firm in the UAE, sought a robust email security solution that complied with strict data residency regulations while delivering comprehensive protection against evolving cyber threats. Their existing traditional solution lacked the agility, intelligence, and regional hosting requirements needed to safeguard against modern email-based attacks. Intertec partnered with Trend Micro to deploy an advanced, AI-powered email security platform—hosted within the UAE—to protect the organization’s communications ecosystem across Microsoft 365 and collaboration tools.
Business Problem
The client’s traditional email security solution was falling short of industry expectations and was unable to combat modern, sophisticated attack vectors like phishing, ransomware, and business email compromise (BEC). With over 92% of breaches originating from email threats, the client faced:
- Ineffective detection of targeted threats (e.g., phishing and account takeovers).
- Limited protection across collaboration platforms
- Compliance concerns related to email data leaving the UAE.
- Lack of proactive threat intelligence and real-time attack visibility.
- These gaps exposed the organization to financial, reputational, and operational risks.
How Intertec Helped
Intertec collaborated with Trend Micro to deploy a comprehensive, AI-driven email and collaboration security solution tailored for compliance and cyber resilience:
- Deployed UAE-hosted cloud email security to meet regional data residency mandates.
- Enabled real-time protection using AI, ML, Computer Vision, and Writing Style DNA for detecting BEC, ATO, phishing, and zero-day threats.
- Secured email and collaboration tools (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Box, Dropbox) across API, inline, and gateway layers.
- Enhanced visibility with centralized dashboards, XDR telemetry, and attack correlation across communication channels.
- Introduced native DLP and encryption for protecting sensitive information.
- Launched employee awareness programs to improve cyber hygiene and reduce user-targeted risks.
Business Outcomes Delivered
The solution significantly elevated the client’s security posture and email resilience, resulting in:
- Complete protection of email and collaboration apps with multi-layered defense against BEC, phishing, ATO, and ransomware
- Zero data leakage outside the UAE, ensuring full regulatory compliance.
- Improved incident detection and response through XDR-powered visibility and analytics.
- Proactive threat identification via AI, sandboxing, and behavioral analysis—detecting both known and unknown attack tactics.
- Strengthened user protection with identity-based risk scoring, remediation for high-risk users, and writing-style detection.
- Actionable threat insights for leadership via Advanced Security Risk Management (ASRM) and unified reporting.
