20th April 2020 Exertis Offers Resellers Solution for Greater Protection and Detection of Phishing E-mails

Providing Ajax Intelligence from Aquilai, designed with help from GCHQ.

Basingstoke: 7th April 2020 – Exertis, a leading route-to-market and supply chain partner for global technology brands across consumer, business and enterprise, today, announced a European, distribution agreement with Aquilai for its unique, cloud based Ajax Intelligence solution which provides protection against advanced phishing threats. Shaped and influenced by experts at the UK’s GCHQ and NCSC, in co-operation with academics and cyber security experts, Aquilai’s Ajax technology is aimed at mid and large enterprise companies who use cloud-based email like Office 365 and G-Suite.

Jason Hill, Exertis Hammer sales director, Europe for security and wireless said, “Phishing remains a major threat and is estimated to be responsible for 93 per cent of data breaches. Ajax Intelligence is a very effective, analytical solution against email phishing threats that will continue to impact all sizes and types of organisations, often through employees innocently opening an email. When a phishing email is detected, it provides a simple but effective traffic light warning system that appears immediately above the body of the message on the user’s desktop, web or mobile device, adding another level of security against social engineering attacks. Its intelligent use of machine learning detects all types of advanced phishing threats using real-time technical checks and linguistic analysis. This is an excellent addition to our security portfolio that will enable our resellers to offer their customers even better detection and protection.”

Social engineering attacks are very hard to detect for secure email gateway solutions. Ajax Intelligence uses over a hundred and fifty machine learning algorithms to “see” each email much like a human cyber-security expert would. This gives it the unique ability to catch zero-day phishing attacks that haven’t been reported yet. It also means that Ajax intelligence can catch realistic-looking forgeries even when they come from high-reputation senders like G Suite and Office 365. Ajax Intelligence is easy to set up as a stand-alone solution or in conjunction with other secure email gateways like Mimecast, if they are already deployed.

Paul Chapman, Aquilai CEO said, “With Exertis’ breadth of reseller customers, we can introduce our enterprise class solution to more organisations. Ajax Intelligence detects over 40 per cent of phishing attacks which are missed by incumbent vendors with no perceptible delays with email processing and delivery. By automatically learning and creating a profile of the usual e-mail flow for each user, it provides advanced visibility of even zero-day attacks. The solution also provides a useful dashboard to track results and issues.

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About Exertis

Exertis is a leading route-to-market and supply chain partner for established and emerging technology brands across consumer, business and enterprise, and a wholly owned subsidiary of parent company DCC PLC, a FTSE 100 company. After 38 years of profitability Exertis continues to outperform the market, achieving revenues of £3.631billion in FY2019.

Exertis (UK) Ltd represents over 700 brands in the UK alone, with products spanning across mobile, computing and accessories, consumer electronics, entertainment, print, networking, servers and storage, unified communications, security and AV solutions. Exertis’ market-leading approach, teamed with a state-of-the-art distribution centre, next day delivery and a host of managed services, including end-user fulfilment, assures the highest levels of customer service and satisfaction at all times.