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It removes bulk spam and common malware before any of it touches your tenant, which keeps noise down and leaves less for anything else to check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blocking before delivery matters too. A message the gateway rejects never sits in an inbox at all. With an API tool, a dangerous message stays visible for a short time before removal, and a fast reader can open it in that window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gateways also work anywhere, which matters more than it sounds. Much of what arrives is bulk, and filtering it early keeps the rest manageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They work in any environment too. If you run your own mail server or a mixed setup, an API tool built for Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace may not fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_the_Gateway_Falls_Short\"><\/span>Where the Gateway Falls Short<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A secure email gateway struggles with targeted attacks, because they are built to look clean. An email from a hacked supplier account passes the sender record and signed-sender checks, since nothing about it is technically wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Payload-free attacks defeat it too. A plain-text message asking to change bank details has no link, no attachment, and no known-bad signal. Threatcop has written about how <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/phishing-emails-fool-email-filters\/\">email filters miss these messages<\/a>, and the cause is structural rather than a tuning problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there is internal mail, which the gateway never sees. If an attacker takes over an employee’s account and emails colleagues, that message never leaves the tenant, so the gateway never sees it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_API-Based_Tools_Fall_Short\"><\/span>Where API-Based Tools Fall Short<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">API-based email security is not a complete answer either. Because it checks mail after it lands, a gap always exists before removal, however brief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These tools also learn what normal looks like, which takes time. They can misjudge unusual but genuine behavior, so a new supplier or a change in work patterns may trigger a false alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tool choice is not the end of the story, though. Being tied to one platform matters as well. These tools are built for one cloud platform, so a move or a mixed setup makes things harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_Which_Should_You_Choose\"><\/span>So Which Should You Choose<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most firms on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, the honest answer is both, with different jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let your platform’s own filtering and a gateway handle volume. Then add an API-based tool for targeted attacks that look legitimate, especially fake-identity attacks and account takeover. If budget forces a choice, start with what your platform already gives you. Microsoft and Google both filter a great deal before anything else runs, as <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/9157861\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google’s own admin documentation<\/a> describes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Either way, confirm the foundations first. <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/real-time-dmarc\">Signed-sender checks through DMARC<\/a> stop attackers faking your own domain, and neither tool replaces them. Get those records right before you compare products, because a gap there undermines both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Neither_Tool_Removes_the_Human_Step\"><\/span>Neither Tool Removes the Human Step<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever you buy, some targeted messages reach people. No vendor claims otherwise, and the honest ones say so plainly in their own documentation. That is by design, not a failure. The attacks that get through are built to look normal to software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the last control is a person who notices and says so quickly. That needs two things. Staff must recognize a suspicious request, and the reporting route must be fast enough to matter. Regular practice builds the first, and automated removal of reported mail delivers the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/threatcop-phishing-incident-response\">Threatcop Phishing Incident Response (TPIR)<\/a> covers that second half. One-click reporting from email and WhatsApp means the person who noticed does not have to forward anything or find the right contact. The platform then runs the analysis your filters already skipped, including header analysis, link and attachment scanning, IP reputation, and deceptive domain checks inside a sandbox. Its “Who Else” insight lists the other recipients of the same message, so removal covers the campaign rather than one mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the measurable layer neither a gateway nor an API tool provides. A filter reports what it blocked, while reporting data tells you what reached people anyway, and how fast they said so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/how-incident-reporting-culture-prevents-greater-damage\/\">Fast reporting<\/a> is the measurable part. Measure the gap honestly. Count how many real threats staff report, and how fast, rather than the block rate a vendor shows you. A vendor’s block rate describes what it caught, not what it missed, and the second number is the one that matters when you compare tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bottom_Line\"><\/span>The Bottom Line<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A secure email gateway and an API tool are not rivals. They do different jobs. Gateways cut volume before delivery, so the obvious attacks never reach anyone. API tools catch the convincing messages that pass every technical check, including mail from a colleague’s hacked account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choose between them by what your setup supports and where attacks get through now, not by which category sounds newer. Then do the two things neither product does for you. Confirm your signed-sender records are right, because a gap there weakens both tools. And give staff a reporting route fast enough to matter, since the messages built to look normal to software are the ones a person has to catch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span>Frequently Asked Questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"sp-easy-accordion-block sp-eab-regular-accordion alignwide\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-wrapper sp-eab-vertical-accordion sp-eab-fec31584f994\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion sp-eab-mode-vertical sp-eab-vertical-one sp-d-flex' data-accordion-settings=\"{"mode":"vertical","activeEvent":"click","defaultAccordionOpen":"first-item","selectedItemOpen":0,"openMultiItemAtaTime":false,"scrollToTopOnLoad":false,"scrollToTopOnClick":false,"accordionItemToUrl":false,"animationEffect":false,"applyAccessibility":true}\">\n \t \t\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-fc907d2942ba\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-84f994\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-84f994'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is the difference between a SEG and ICES?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-84f994'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A secure email gateway filters mail before it reaches the mailbox by changing where your mail flows. An integrated cloud email security tool connects by API and checks mail after it lands, including internal messages a gateway never sees.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-dfbb6c7a5956\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-84f994\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-84f994'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDo you still need a secure email gateway with Microsoft 365?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-84f994'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many firms do, mainly for volume filtering and pre-delivery blocking. Microsoft’s own filtering handles a great deal, so the real question is what remains after it, and where targeted attacks are getting through.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-96aad5fa535f\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-84f994\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-84f994'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCan an API-based tool replace a gateway entirely?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-84f994'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, though it depends on your environment. API tools cannot block mail before it lands, and they only work on certain cloud platforms. So hybrid or self-hosted mail setups often still need a secure email gateway.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-346a30258587\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-84f994\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-84f994'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhich is better against business email compromise?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-84f994'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">API-based tools generally do better against business email compromise, because they judge how a sender behaves. A hacked supplier account passes every technical check a secure email gateway makes, so filters based on sender records have nothing to flag.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-b83d3af9f529\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-84f994\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-84f994'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDoes either tool stop every phishing email?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-84f994'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. Targeted attacks are built to look real to both a secure email gateway and an API tool. 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