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Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

byCisco Systems
in Email Security
4.6

Overview

Product Information on Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense?

Cisco Secure Email is a software that provides email security by detecting and blocking threats such as phishing, malware, ransomware and business email compromise. The software offers protection through threat intelligence, advanced filtering, data loss prevention and encryption capabilities to help secure inbound and outbound email communications. It supports policy management, reporting and integration with security ecosystems to streamline administrative tasks and enhance visibility into email threats. Cisco Secure Email addresses the business challenge of safeguarding sensitive information, maintaining regulatory compliance and reducing the risk associated with email-borne attacks.

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Pricing

Cisco Secure Email software utilizes a subscription-based pricing model with tiered options based on security features and volume of email protection required. Pricing varies depending on the number of users and the level of features selected, such as basic protection, advanced threat defense, and additional compliance modules. Annual licensing is standard, with options for renewing or scaling usage based on organizational needs.

Overall experience with Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

IT ASSOCIATE
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Wide Range of Options Creates Trade-Off Between Control and Manageability”

5.0
Sep 15, 2025
Cisco provides a solid portfolio with builds into many use cases, it is overall a big toolbox that just provides.
LEAD ANALYTICS ENGINEER
500M - 1B USD, Miscellaneous
CRITICAL

“Best Email Security Strategy Tool By Cisco”

3.0
Jan 3, 2025
From the past 5 years this tool become key components in our organization's email security strategy. It's multi layered approach to protect from threats is amazing. It's ability to use threat intelligence and machine learning to identify and block the malicious mails. It's easy to use user interface and ability to customize based on our organization's needs is amazing. There notification ability is amazing as it notify the IT team if any malicious threat is available on mail.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 8th February 2024

Cisco is a company that specializes in networking technologies, particularly Internet Protocol (IP)-based solutions. It was established in 1984 by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. As of today, Cisco has a global workforce, continuing to innovate in various fields, notably in routing and switching. Adding to its core business, the company also delves into emerging technologies including home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security features, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Moreover, Cisco extends its expertise to offer a sweeping range of services such as technical support and advanced services. The company sells its products and services on an enterprise level, to commercial businesses, service providers, and end-users.

Company Details

Updated 25th June 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1984
Head office location
San Jose, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
http://www.cisco.com

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Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Likes & Dislikes

Like

Usability - I am in control of my appliance, and whatever someone throws at this box there is a feature to handle it. Cisco has been in this business since the days when they bought IronPort, which was 18 years ago, and it shows in terms of experience with traditional SMTP gateways.

Like

Its ability to identify the malicious mails and block the mails using inbuilt machine learning capabilities. Its ability to scan the attachment before downloading. It's ability to provide the detailed reports and analytics on email threats.

Like

Trustworthy brand and amazing support, always on point. Great antimalware protection

Dislike

Having many options comes inevitably with complexity, but at the same time most configuration is done once and the appliance/service just works.

Dislike

Nothing.

Dislike

Difficulty in adding root certificates to the allowed and trusted list Not all Root certificates known are added there and sometimes they might not be updated Not very intuitive AI, some things are nested in locations that you would not expect. Some logs retrival can only be done in ssh.

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Peer Discussions

Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(239 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
51%
4 Star
44%
3 Star
5%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.5

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • IT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Wide Range of Options Creates Trade-Off Between Control and Manageability

    5.0
    Sep 15, 2025
    Cisco provides a solid portfolio with builds into many use cases, it is overall a big toolbox that just provides.
  • IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Great Email protection with some smaller downsides that are noticeable if you need to troubleshoot on it

    4.0
    Aug 26, 2025
    Cisco Secure Email is able to provide robust protection for your inbound and outbound emails, its configuration is a mix between simple and more complicated.
  • Accountant
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Unbeatable Email Protection With Cisco Secure Email

    5.0
    Jan 13, 2026
    We advancing email threats, Cisco Secure Email comes in handy to protect our emails and email data. The advanced protection ensures all inbound/outbound emails are protected, thus protecting our brand. In addition, the auto remediation as well as encryption capabilities makes Cisco Secure Email more suitable for email protection.
  • OT SECURITY
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Clear Interface And Fast Assistance Countered By Poorly Accessible Product Documentation

    4.0
    Sep 3, 2025
    It has advanced threat protection that detects suspicious emails before they reach users and that has saved us from more than one scare.
  • Acounts Supervisor
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Cisco Secure Email Effectively Blocks Malware and Spam Before Damage Occurs

    5.0
    Jul 13, 2025
    Sisco Secure Email has been an exceptional tool for our company by protecting our data and systems from threats like malware and spam sent through emails.It is able to detect and block before they attack our data and systems. I highly recommend this tool for any company.
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