In short: Acronis Email Security, powered by Perception Point, scans email for spam, phishing, spoofing, malicious links and attachments, including zero-day threats, using dynamic scanning. It protects Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Open-Xchange and other mailboxes, connects to Microsoft 365 by API with no MX changes, and is billed monthly on usage.
What Acronis Email Security is
Email is where many attacks begin, and the built-in filtering in Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace can let targeted phishing through. Acronis Email Security is an extra filtering layer, powered by Perception Point's detection technology and managed in Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Cyber Protect Cloud).
It comes with an incident response service: direct access to cyber analysts and round-the-clock support that handles false positives, remediates threats and releases legitimate emails, so your team is not left triaging a quarantine queue.
How it protects you
Each email passes through several layers:
| Layer | What it does |
|---|---|
| Anti-spam and reputation | Filters bulk mail and known bad senders by IP reputation |
| Anti-evasion | Unpacks messages into their URLs and files so hidden content is checked |
| Threat intelligence | Draws on several threat intelligence sources |
| URL analysis | Checks links against several reputation engines and uses image recognition to catch fake sites |
| Anti-spoofing and BEC | Checks SPF, DKIM and DMARC to catch impersonation and payload-less business email compromise |
| Antivirus | Signature-based engines for known malware |
| Dynamic scanning | Next-generation analysis to catch zero-day exploits and advanced persistent threats |
| Account takeover protection | Blocks credential phishing, watches for unusual account behaviour with machine learning, and supports remediation |
| Outbound scanning | Scans outgoing Microsoft 365 email, so a compromised account cannot spread attacks to your customers |
If you also run Acronis XDR, email detections feed into the same incidents as endpoint and identity alerts, and you can delete malicious attachments or links and search mailboxes from the incident.
How it is licensed
Through service providers, Acronis Email Security is consumption-based and billed monthly on usage, so the cost follows the mailboxes you protect. It can be bought on its own or as part of Acronis Protected 365 alongside backup, archiving and training.
| Option | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Email Security | Inbound and outbound email filtering with the incident response service |
| Collaboration Security for Microsoft 365 | Similar dynamic file and URL scanning applied to Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive |
Ask us for a quote with your mailbox count and we will confirm the licence metric. We will also check your SPF, DKIM and DMARC records while scoping, because filtering works best when your own domain is properly authenticated.
Requirements and deployment
Acronis Email Security supports Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Open-Xchange and other cloud-based or on-premises mailboxes. For Microsoft 365 it is provisioned through the API, so there are no MX record changes; for other mail platforms we confirm the deployment method for your mail system before we start.
We begin in a monitoring stance, review what would have been caught or blocked, adjust allow lists for legitimate senders such as your finance systems, then switch to full protection.
Who it suits
Any organisation that has had a near miss with phishing or invoice fraud, and especially finance teams, schools, solicitors and estate agents who handle payments by email. It suits Acronis customers who want email filtering in the same console and invoice as backup. Pair it with security awareness training so staff spot what gets through. Compare alternatives in email security.
How we help
We scope your mail setup, check your domain authentication, deploy and tune the filtering, and act as your point of contact for released or reported emails.
How Forever Systems supplies your software licences
Forever Systems Ltd supplies business software subscriptions to UK organisations from one account, with one monthly invoice and a UK team who know the products.
- The right edition first time: we check what you need before you buy, so you are not paying for features you will never use
- Monthly or annual terms where the vendor offers them, and help timing renewals and commitments
- Licence changes handled for you: add or remove users, upgrade editions and true-up without starting a new contract
- Deployment and support from engineers who run these products every day, not just a reseller account
- Consolidated billing and renewal reminders so nothing lapses unexpectedly
We work with businesses, schools, charities and public sector organisations of all sizes.
Need a licence quote or a second opinion on your renewal?
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Contact usFrequently asked questions
Who powers Acronis Email Security?
Acronis states that Acronis Email Security is powered by Perception Point's detection technology, delivered and managed through the Acronis platform.
Does Acronis Email Security work with Google Workspace?
Yes. It supports Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Open-Xchange and other cloud-based or on-premises mailboxes.
Do I need to change my MX records?
Not for Microsoft 365, which is connected through the API. For other mail platforms we confirm the deployment method for your system.
How is Acronis Email Security licensed?
Through service providers it is consumption-based and billed monthly on usage, so the cost follows the mailboxes you protect. We confirm the exact metric and count in your quote.