MATERIAL USE CASES

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From advanced threat protection to granular data controls, Material addresses the use cases that matter to security and IT teams. Secure your cloud workspace seamlessly from one purpose-built platform.

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Protect Sensitive Data During Employee Offboarding

Automate the discovery and remediation of lingering data access risks when an employee leaves.

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Distribute the Security Burden

Turn your entire employee base into a force multiplier for security with automated, user-centric workflows.

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Prevent VIP Impersonation Attacks

Protect your most targeted employees with context-aware detection that spots and flags executive impersonation.

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Perform Phishing Simulations with Real-World Examples

Train employees to spot the threats they actually face by turning real phishing attacks into safe simulation templates.

Email
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Posture
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Identify and Plug MFA Gaps

Gain a unified, authoritative view of your MFA posture to find and fix coverage gaps that leave you exposed.

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Stop Sophisticated Email Attacks

Go beyond perimeter-only defense with multi-layered detection that leverages deep context from your entire cloud workspace.

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Modernize Your Approach to Email Security

Move beyond the limitations of legacy email gateways with deep visibility and response capabilities inside your cloud workspace.

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Replace Restrictive Email Retention Policies with a More Flexible Way to Protect Data-at-Rest in Inboxes

Secure sensitive data in mailboxes with a Zero Trust approach, enabling longer retention without increasing risk.

Email
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Replace Point-in-Time Audits of Google Drive with Always-On Detection and Response

Continuously monitor Google Drive to find and fix risky combinations of sensitive data and overexposed sharing permissions.

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Operations
Google
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Make It Easy to Train and Incentivize Employees to Report Phishing

Turn employees from your biggest security risk into your most effective line of defense against phishing.

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Operations
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Simplify Acquisition Security Challenges

Gain instant visibility and control across all your cloud workspaces during a merger or acquisition.

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Reduce the Operational Complexity Google's Native Tools

Taking the pain out of Google Workspace security

Email
Identity
Data
Operations
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Reduce Manual Security Operational and Engineering Work

Automate repetitive security work

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Google
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Detect and Control Shadow IT and Unauthorized AI Usage

Visibility into third-party app usage

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Data
Identity
Microsoft
Google
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Consolidate Security Tools for the Cloud Office

One security platform for email, files, and accounts

Operations
Microsoft
Google
Email
Identity
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Detect and Fix Risky User Behavior

Automatic posture management

Identity
Google
Microsoft
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Posture
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Detect and Protect Sensitive Data in Email

Zero trust security without slowing down business

Data
Email
Microsoft
Google
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Secure Shared Files Without Slowing Your Users

Effortlessly secure Google Drive files without hindering user collaboration

Files
Google
Operations
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Increase Organizational Security Awareness

Engage employees in a culture of security

Operations
Posture
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Google
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Contain Account Takeovers

Limit the damage of an ATO

Identity
Data
Operations
Microsoft
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Prepare for Enterprise AI Search

Prevent data leaks when using AI search

Data
Operations
Google
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Automate User Report Response

Transform user-reported phishing into instant protection

Email
Operations
Microsoft
Google
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Stop Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Vendor Email Compromise (VEC)

Protecting against sophisticated BEC and VEC attacks

Email
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Google
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Prevent Configuration Drift

Posture management Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

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Google
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