KnowBe4 Email & Collaboration Security vs. Mimecast Advanced Email 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.

Email Security, Cloud Integrated (CI) protects organizations against all forms of email-based attacks, from phishing and credential theft to ransomware and zero-day threats. This solution deploys behind M365 to collect emails after they have passed through Microsoft security, reinspect them, and take action as needed. With a setup time of just four minutes and out-of-the-box settings designed to optimize security immediately, Email Security CI delivers best-in-class efficacy in the simplest way possible.