Israeli security outfit Check Point has acquired cloud email security firm Avana,
Avanan will integrate into the Check Point Infinity consolidated architecture to enable cloud email malware protection, and expand security to SaaS collaboration suites.
Check Point said that it means the offering will be the only one on the market to protect the remote workforce from malicious files, URLs and Phishing across email, collaboration suites, web, network, and endpoint.
Check Point’s chief product officer Dorit Dor said that as more businesses shift to cloud-email platforms, said the acquisition represents a “huge potential” as organisations look for a new approach to email and collaboration suite security.
“By integrating Avanan into Check Point Infinity, organisations will be able to modernise legacy solutions with email security-as-a-service and protect cloud email and collaboration suites from the most sophisticated attacks”, she explained.
“We’ve been using the Avanan technology as an OEM for the last three years and I am confident that with this new addition, customers will enjoy the best email security with the best cyber security capabilities.”
Avanan has 100 employees in its ranks, more than 5,000 customers and over 2.5 million email inboxes.
The firm developed a patented application-programming interface (API) solution to stop email threats before they reach the inbox, for both internal and external emails, using AI-based engines.
Check Point says the integration into its Infinity architecture will allow organisations to modernise legacy solutions, protecting cloud email in less than five minutes and preventing 30 per cent more infected emails than conventional offerings.
