WHICH SOLUTION WORKS FOR YOU?

Material Security 
vs. Sublime Security

Many email security tools are limited to phishing detection. Material Security believes that cloud office security doesn’t stop at email and should extend into files and accounts.

Material Security is best for cloud-first organizations that rely on Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 and want broad protection across email, files, and accounts. Material is designed for companies that need:

  • Automated protection before and after messages are delivered
  • Resilient account controls like MFA step-up authentication for suspicious sessions
  • One integrated console instead of managing a patchwork of point solutions

Sublime Security is best for organizations that want maximum control to craft and refine their own detections and that have the engineering resources to support it. Sublime is designed for companies that want:

  • A rule-based detection engine with an open-source library
  • Hands-on tuning, rapid iteration, and building custom protections from the ground up. 
  • Control to manage detections over time and write tailored rules.

Differentiators Between Material Security & Sublime Security

01.

Broad Protection, Not Just Rules

Material Security is best for cloud-first organizations that want broad protection across email, files, and accounts in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. Material is designed for companies that need:

  • Automated protection before and after messages are delivered
  • Resilient account controls like MFA step-up authentication for suspicious sessions
  • One integrated console instead of managing a patchwork of point solutions

Sublime Security emphasizes rule-driven detections, giving teams the ability to author and refine their own detection logic. This approach is well-suited for organizations that:

  • Prioritize customization and prefer to build controls tailored to their environment. 
  • Want a product that focuses primarily on phishing detection 
  • Prefer to use separate solutions to create a security tech stack

02.

Easy Clarity and Insights

Material provides audit logs, message identifiers, and contextual details for investigations without requiring teams to learn a proprietary query language. Search and hunting tools are designed with extended retention periods, enabling analysts to review activity over longer lookback windows of time.


Sublime offers granular control through its query language, enabling precise detections and searches for teams that are comfortable with the syntax. Investigations are supported with a 30-day lookback window for threat hunting and a 24-hour window for rule testing.

03.

Low Maintenance Platform

Material is designed for teams who want out-of-the-box protection for email, files and accounts so they can automatically find and fix issues across their cloud workspace. The platform is designed to deliver reliable value over time, without administrative overhead:

  • Strong, built-in detections across email, files, and accounts
  • Customizable APIs
  • Flexible remediation options

Sublime maintains a community-driven model that includes:

  • Open-source detection library 
  • Core feed updates currently managed by an internal team
  • Reliance on writing custom detections

This structure provides flexibility and transparency, though it also requires ongoing participation from customers to refine and maintain rules.

Features
API-Based Implementation
Detect Malicious Email
Rules-Based Detection Engine
Multi-Dimensional Detection Engine
Automated Remediations: Email
Automated Remediations: Accounts and Files
ATO Detection and Resilience
Sensitive Data Classification: Email
Sensitive Data Classification: files
Unsanctioned App Detection
Historical Mailbox Analysis
Search and Discovery Across Email, Files, and Accounts

Why do security teams choose Material Security?

Simple. Protection beyond just email, with less manual work.

Email Security

Material runs on auto-pilot to remediate sophisticated email attacks that bypass traditional controls—providing a balance of flexibility and control without disrupting operations.

File Security

Understand where sensitive data exists, if it is exposed, and reduce the risk. Material detects sensitive content in files and automatically remediates excessive permissions and inappropriate sharing.

Account Security

Detect account takeovers, contain their impact, and proactively harden your accounts. Material prevents attackers from establishing their presence, moving laterally, and exfiltrating sensitive data.

The most innovative organizations trust Material

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