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KnowBe4 Email & Collaboration Security vs. Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricKnowBe4 Email & Collaboration Security

by KnowBe4, Inc.

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

by Cisco

Overall rating4.54.3
Review count7628
Ease of use8.98.6
Ease of setup8.98.8
Quality of support9.09.1
Meets requirements9.19.2
NPS69.86301457.692308
Small Business29.7%17.9%
Mid-Market55.4%50.0%
Enterprise14.9%32.1%
Total page views596211
Total LLM citations129467

KnowBe4 Email & Collaboration Security

KnowBe4 Email & Collaboration Security is the AI-native defense suite built to protect every conversation across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Combining multi-engine behavioral AI with real-time user coaching, the platform stops inbound threats, prevents outbound data loss, and automates SOC response across the security lifecycle. Key Capabilities: - Inbound Protection (Defend): Multi-engine AI blocks zero-payload BEC, executive impersonation, quishing, and prompt injections that pass native mail filters.

Pros

  • Email Security
  • Protection
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Detection Efficiency
  • Setup Ease

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

Cisco Email Security protects against ransomware, business email compromise, spoofing, and phishing.

Pros