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Abnormal Security case study

Abnormal Security closes deals worth over $1 million thanks to Marketplace Rewards

Protecting users from advanced, socially engineered attacks

The Abnormal behavioral AI security platform integrates with and augments native Microsoft security services, including Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Office 365.

Marketplace Rewards benefits increase as Abnormal grows

Marketplace Rewards provides go-to-market advantages for Abnormal. And because the program is performance based, Abnormal sees benefits increase as it grows.

Azure sponsorships help Abnormal generate over $1 million in deals

The Azure sponsorship benefit was a critical closing tool during customer negotiations, with Abnormal using over $100K in Azure sponsorships to book over $1 million in deals.

Abnormal Security lets you put email security on autopilot

Winner of the 2022 Microsoft Rising Azure Technology Partner of the Year Award and finalist in the Security Customer Champion category of the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards, San Francisco-based Abnormal Security provides an advanced, AI-powered email security platform that blocks the entire spectrum of inbound email attacks. Abnormal is a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) and a Microsoft preferred solution provider in the Azure Marketplace. Learn more about the partnership in Abnormal’s Expanding Our Partnership with Microsoft: 5 Standout Moments blog post.

The Abnormal Security platform, available in the Azure Marketplace, uses behavioral AI to learn the behavior of every identity in a cloud email environment and analyze the risk of every event to block even the most sophisticated attacks. Abnormal integrates with and augments native Microsoft security services, including Microsoft Sentinel and Defender for Office 365, to protect end users from socially engineered attacks, such as phishing, business email compromise, and account takeovers, while reducing security stack complexity and improving security operations center efficiency. Abnormal protects 10 percent of the Fortune 500, and 100 percent of the company's customers recommend Abnormal on Gartner Peer Insights.

Marketplace Rewards benefits help Abnormal Security drive awareness and grow business

Abnormal has taken advantage of many Marketplace Rewards benefits, which increase as its business grows. The company has seen substantial success with the Azure sponsorship benefit, as Abnormal used more than $100,000 in Azure sponsorships to close over $1 million in deals.

"Azure sponsorships have been a critical closing tool during our customer negotiations,” said Brett Ferancy, Strategic Alliance Manager, Abnormal. “We have booked more than $1 million in deals thanks to this Marketplace Rewards benefit.”

The Marketplace Rewards individual guest blog post benefit enabled Abnormal to contribute two thought leadership posts for the Marketplace blog. In the first post, published June 2022 with over 1,600 views, Arun Singh, Vice President of Marketing at Abnormal explores the evolution of the email threat landscape and how the shift from on-premises email servers to cloud email solutions like Microsoft 365 has necessitated a different approach to email security. In his recently published second post, Singh describes the impact an organization’s workforce can have on its cybersecurity and why it is essential to eliminate opportunities for employees to engage with malicious emails.

Using yet another Marketplace Rewards benefit, Abnormal worked with Microsoft to co-host the webinar “Is Your Secure Email Gateway Really Necessary? Blocking the Attacks Your SEG Never Could,” which explains why secure email gateways are no longer necessary and what the alternative can be.

“Azure sponsorships have been a critical closing tool during our customer negotiations. We have booked more than $1 million in deals thanks to this Marketplace Rewards benefit.”

—Brett Ferancy, Strategic Alliance Manager, Abnormal Security

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