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Business Email SecurityStop Phishing. Prevent Spoofing.
Catch CEO Fraud Before It Costs You.

Email is where most business cyberattacks begin — and most businesses are defended by whatever email filtering Microsoft 365 includes by default, which was not designed to catch the sophisticated attacks that target businesses today. A phishing email that looks like it's from your bank harvests your login credentials. A fake invoice that looks like it's from a vendor you actually use gets paid by your accounts team. An email that appears to come from the CEO asks an employee to wire funds urgently. An attacker who has been in your email account for weeks reading conversations before making their move. None of these are stopped by basic spam filtering. Gradius delivers business email security for NJ, NY & CT businesses — layered protection that stops the attacks that get through Microsoft's defaults, protects your domain from being used to attack your clients, and secures every email account from compromise.

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99.9%
Uptime SLA Target
<15m
Response Time
24/7
NOC & SOC
Email
Secured
Business Email Security — NJ, NY & CT Phishing Stopped Before It Reaches Employees Domain Spoofing Blocked — Your Brand Protected CEO Fraud & Fake Invoice Detection Email Accounts Secured with MFA Email Archiving & Compliance Email Continuity — Always Accessible Beyond Microsoft 365 Defaults Free Email Security Assessment Business Email Security — NJ, NY & CT Phishing Stopped Before It Reaches Employees Domain Spoofing Blocked — Your Brand Protected CEO Fraud & Fake Invoice Detection Email Accounts Secured with MFA Email Archiving & Compliance Email Continuity — Always Accessible Beyond Microsoft 365 Defaults Free Email Security Assessment
99.9%
Uptime SLA
Target
<15m
Avg Help Desk
Response Time
24/7
NOC & SOC
Coverage
Phish
Stopped Before
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What Business Email Security Covers

Six Email Security Problems — and the
Specific Solutions That Fix Each One

Business email security isn't one product — it's a set of specific protections that each address a specific threat. Here's each threat, what it costs when it succeeds, and exactly what stops it.

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Stop Phishing Before It Reaches Employees
Phishing emails are designed to look legitimate — a Microsoft login page that harvests your password, an email from "IT support" asking you to verify your account, a link to a document that downloads malware when you open it. Microsoft 365's built-in filtering catches some phishing — the obvious, known attempts in Microsoft's threat database. What it misses: new phishing campaigns that haven't been catalogued yet, sophisticated emails that don't trigger any technical filters, and malicious links that were clean when the email arrived but activate later. Gradius adds advanced email filtering with AI-based analysis and link sandboxing that tests every link in an email before an employee can click it — stopping phishing that Microsoft's defaults let through.
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Prevent Domain Spoofing — Stop Attackers Emailing as You
Without email authentication configured correctly, anyone can send an email that appears to come from your business domain — to your clients, your employees, or your vendors. An attacker sends a phishing email to your clients that appears to come from your CEO's email address. A fraudulent invoice arrives at your client appearing to come from your accounting team. Your domain gets used in a spam campaign, ending up on blocklists that affect your legitimate email delivery. DMARC, DKIM, and SPF are the three email authentication standards that prevent this — Gradius configures all three correctly so your domain is protected and your clients don't receive fraudulent emails that appear to come from you.
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Catch CEO Fraud & Fake Invoices — BEC Detection in Plain Terms
Business email compromise (BEC) doesn't use malware or technical tricks — it uses impersonation and urgency. Your CEO's name appears in the "From" field, but the actual email address is slightly different. A vendor's invoice arrives with updated bank account details that route payment to an attacker. A message from "HR" asks an employee to update their direct deposit information. These attacks pass every technical filter because there's no malicious code to detect — just a convincing request. Gradius configures display name spoofing detection (catches when someone uses your executive's name from an unfamiliar address), lookalike domain detection (catches domain names that look like yours), and impersonation protection tuned to your specific business relationships.
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Secure Business Email Accounts — Stop Account Takeover
Email account compromise is one of the most damaging cyberattacks a business can experience — an attacker who has access to your email account can read confidential communications, send fraudulent messages as you, access other systems linked to your email, and monitor business activity for weeks before taking any visible action. Most business email accounts are compromised through stolen passwords — either phished directly or obtained from data breaches at other services where employees reused passwords. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) ensures that even a stolen password isn't enough to access the account. Gradius enforces MFA on every Microsoft 365 account and implements additional account security controls that detect and block suspicious login attempts.
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Email Archiving & Compliance — Retain What You're Required To Keep
Many businesses are required to retain email records — financial advisors must retain business communications under SEC and FINRA rules, healthcare organizations must retain communications containing patient information, legal firms retain communications for matter files, and businesses involved in litigation may face legal hold requirements. Beyond regulatory requirements, email records are valuable business documentation — when a dispute arises about what was agreed, what was communicated, and when, email records are often the definitive source. Gradius configures email archiving that captures and retains email in a compliant repository — satisfying regulatory retention requirements, supporting legal discovery, and preserving business communication records that matter.
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Email Continuity — Business Email That's Always Accessible
When Microsoft 365 has an outage — and outages do occur — businesses without email continuity lose access to their email until Microsoft restores service. For businesses where email is the primary communication channel with clients, vendors, and internal teams, an email outage during business hours creates immediate operational disruption. Email continuity services mirror email in a separate system that remains accessible when the primary email platform is unavailable — employees can continue sending and receiving email through a web interface during an outage, with all messages synchronized back to the primary system when it is restored. Gradius deploys email continuity as part of the complete email security program.
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Complete Business Email Security —
Every Threat Addressed, Every Account Protected

One program. Advanced phishing filtering, domain spoofing prevention, BEC and CEO fraud detection, MFA-enforced account security, email archiving, and continuity — all configured, managed, and monitored as a complete business email security program.

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Business Email Security
Business Email Security

Complete business email security for NJ, NY & CT — advanced phishing filtering with link sandboxing (beyond M365 defaults), DMARC/DKIM/SPF domain protection, BEC and CEO fraud detection with display name spoofing and lookalike domain detection, MFA-enforced account security, email archiving for regulatory and legal requirements, and email continuity. Configured, managed, and monitored. Flat-rate.

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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity & SOC

24/7 U.S.-based SOC, endpoint detection & response (EDR), email security, and incident response — stopping threats before they impact your business.

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Cloud
Cloud & Microsoft 365

Fully managed Microsoft 365, Azure, cloud migrations, and virtual desktop — secured, optimized, and supported so your team works seamlessly from anywhere.

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Compliance
Compliance as a Service

HIPAA, SOC 2, NIST, PCI DSS, CMMC — ongoing compliance management, risk assessments, and audit-ready documentation so you're never scrambling.

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Networking
Network Management

Managed firewalls, Wi-Fi infrastructure, SD-WAN, and 24/7 NOC monitoring — fast, reliable, and secure networking at every office location.

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AI & Automation
Secure AI as a Service

We identify where your team loses time, then build secure AI agents and automation workflows that give your business measurable hours back every week.

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Communications
VoIP & Business Communications

Cloud VoIP, Microsoft Teams voice, and unified communications — modernize your phone system, cut costs up to 50%, and keep your team connected everywhere.

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Strategy
IT Consulting & vCIO

CIO-level technology roadmaps, vendor management, and budget planning — without the $180K salary. Vendor-neutral. Strategy-first. Built around your goals.

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Infrastructure
Low Voltage & AV Integration

Structured cabling, conference room AV, digital signage, access control, and IP surveillance — designed, installed, and supported under one roof.

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On-Site
On-Site IT Support & Smart Hands

Certified engineers dispatched to your location for equipment installs, hands-on troubleshooting, office moves, and infrastructure upgrades — nationwide coverage.

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Data Center
Remote Hands & Data Center

Certified engineers positioned nationwide for remote hands, smart hands, and data center deployments — available 24/7 with rapid dispatch.

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Partners
Strategic Technology Partners

Partnerships with Microsoft, Cisco, SentinelOne, and more — we source the right technology at the right price and manage vendor relationships on your behalf.

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Can Your Domain Be Used to Send Fraudulent Emails
to Your Clients — Right Now?

Most NJ, NY & CT businesses don't have domain authentication configured correctly, which means the answer is yes. Book a free email security assessment and find out whether your domain is protected, whether your accounts are secured with MFA, and what a complete email security program would change.

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Why NJ, NY & CT Businesses Choose Gradius for Email Security

Email Security Configured for Your Business —
Not Default Settings That Everyone Knows How to Bypass

Default email security settings are what attackers test their attacks against. Gradius configures email security tuned to your specific business — BEC detection that knows your executive team, impersonation detection calibrated to your vendor relationships, and phishing filtering that reflects the specific attacks targeting your industry. Configuration that attackers haven't already mapped.

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Phishing Defense That Catches What Microsoft Misses
Advanced email security tools — Mimecast, Proofpoint, and Graphus — use AI-based analysis and independent threat intelligence to catch phishing that Microsoft's Exchange Online Protection misses. These tools maintain separate threat intelligence feeds that catalog phishing campaigns before Microsoft's database includes them, apply AI analysis to email behavior and content patterns, and test links at the time an employee clicks rather than only at delivery. Gradius deploys and manages these tools as a second filtering layer — so the phishing that gets past Microsoft's defaults doesn't reach your employees' inboxes.
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DMARC Configured to Actually Block Spoofing — Not Just Monitor
DMARC has three settings: monitor (reports on failures, takes no action), quarantine (sends failing emails to spam), and reject (blocks failing emails entirely). Most organizations that "have DMARC" are set to monitor — which means their domain can still be spoofed to send fraudulent emails to anyone. Only reject or quarantine actually prevents spoofing. Gradius configures DMARC to reject or quarantine, works through the SPF and DKIM alignment issues that cause legitimate emails to fail authentication during the process, and gets your domain properly protected without blocking your own legitimate email.
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BEC Detection Tuned to Your Business — Not Generic Patterns
Business email compromise detection is most effective when it's configured with your organizational context — who your executives are and what their email patterns look like, which vendors you regularly receive invoices from, which clients communicate with your financial team about payments. Generic BEC detection catches generic impersonation patterns. Detection tuned to your business catches the specific attacks targeting your organization: the lookalike domain mimicking your specific accounting vendor, the display name spoofing your specific CFO, the urgency pattern targeting the specific employee who handles wire transfers. Gradius configures BEC detection with your business relationships as context.
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Local NJ, NY & CT — Integrated with the Full Security Program
Business email security delivers the most value when it's integrated with the broader security program. When phishing slips through email filtering and an employee clicks, EDR on the endpoint is the next defense. When a suspicious email is reported by an employee, the report feeds directly into email security analysis. When the SOC identifies a threat campaign, email security is updated to block the specific indicators. Gradius integrates business email security with the complete managed security program — so email, endpoint, and SOC work as one coordinated defense. Headquartered in Hackensack, serving NJ, NY & CT businesses on-site when needed.
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99.9%
Uptime SLA
Target
<15m
Avg Response
Time
24/7
NOC, SOC &
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Phishing Blocked — Domain Secured — CEO Fraud Detected — NJ, NY & CT
Getting Started

From First Call to Full Coverage
in Days — Not Months

No disruption. No lengthy onboarding. A fast, smooth transition to a partner that has your back from day one.

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Free Assessment
A Gradius email security specialist assesses your current email setup — DMARC policy level (none/quarantine/reject), advanced filtering coverage, whether MFA is enforced on email accounts, BEC detection configuration, and whether email archiving is in place — and gives you an honest picture of what your email security currently stops and what it doesn't. At no cost, no obligation.
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Custom Proposal
A complete business email security program configured for your specific organization — advanced phishing filtering deployed, DMARC at reject/quarantine protecting your domain, BEC detection tuned to your executive team and vendor relationships, MFA enforced on every account, archiving configured for compliance requirements. Flat-rate, continuously managed.
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Smooth Onboarding
Our engineers deploy, configure, and meet your team — typically live within 1–2 weeks without disrupting daily operations.
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Ongoing Partnership
Email threat monitoring ongoing; BEC detection tuned as your business relationships evolve; DMARC reporting reviewed to ensure no legitimate email is being blocked; quarterly email security reviews that assess emerging attack patterns targeting your industry and adjust defenses accordingly.
FAQ

Common Questions About
Business Email Security

Microsoft 365 includes baseline email security through Exchange Online Protection (EOP) — it filters known spam, blocks malware with known signatures, and catches phishing that's been catalogued in Microsoft's threat database. What it doesn't catch reliably: sophisticated phishing campaigns using novel techniques that aren't yet in Microsoft's database; business email compromise (BEC) attacks that use social engineering rather than technical malicious content; zero-day malicious links that appear clean at email delivery but activate later; and domain spoofing when DMARC isn't configured correctly. For most NJ, NY & CT businesses, Microsoft 365's default protection is a floor, not a ceiling. Gradius adds the advanced filtering, DMARC configuration, BEC detection, and account security that makes email genuinely protected rather than nominally secured.
Business email compromise is a cyberattack that uses impersonation rather than malware — the attacker impersonates a trusted person or organization to trick an employee into taking a financially damaging action: wiring money to a fraudulent account, paying a fake invoice, changing payment details for a real vendor, or revealing sensitive information. The FBI consistently ranks BEC as the highest-dollar cybercrime category — it generates more financial losses than ransomware, malware, and all other cybercrime types combined. BEC works because it exploits trust rather than technology. An employee who receives what appears to be an urgent wire transfer request from the CEO is more likely to act on it than to scrutinize the email address it came from. BEC detection addresses this by flagging emails that use executive names from unknown addresses, come from domains that look similar to known vendors but aren't quite right, or request actions that fall outside normal communication patterns.
A compromised business email account gives an attacker access to everything the account contains: all email history, calendar, contacts, and any files shared through Microsoft 365. Attackers who compromise business email typically don't immediately reveal themselves — they read email for days or weeks to understand communication patterns, ongoing transactions, and financial activity before using the account for fraud. During this time they may forward copies of incoming email to an external address, set up rules that hide their activity, and identify the specific transactions to target. By the time a business realizes the account was compromised, the attacker has already gathered significant intelligence. MFA prevents this by requiring a second factor beyond the password — so even if credentials are stolen, the attacker can't log in without the second factor the employee holds.
MFA can be enforced on all Microsoft 365 accounts within one to two days — it's a configuration change that takes effect immediately once enabled. DMARC, DKIM, and SPF configuration typically takes one to two weeks — DNS changes must propagate, and existing email systems need to be verified as legitimate senders before the policy is enforced to avoid blocking legitimate email. Advanced phishing filtering deployment (Mimecast, Proofpoint, or Graphus) typically takes one to two weeks for DNS routing, configuration, and initial tuning. BEC detection tuning — configuring the specific executive roster, vendor relationships, and communication patterns for your organization — is completed within two to four weeks and improves in accuracy over the first 30 to 60 days. Most organizations have comprehensive email security in place within 30 days of starting the program.
No long-term lock-ins. We offer month-to-month and annual agreements. Businesses stay with Gradius email security because phishing volumes drop measurably, DMARC reports show the domain is protected, BEC attempts specific to the business are being flagged, accounts are secured with MFA, and email archiving satisfies compliance requirements without additional effort. We earn the renewal every month through performance.
We serve 12+ industries in NJ, NY & CT including healthcare, legal, financial services, construction, manufacturing, real estate, insurance, architecture, professional services, restaurants, nonprofits, and general business — each with specialized compliance and operational expertise built in.
Service Area

Business Email Security Across
NJ, NY & CT

Gradius IT Solutions serves businesses throughout the Tri-State area. Headquartered in Hackensack, NJ with coverage across Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, Essex, Union, Morris, Middlesex, Somerset, Sussex, Westchester, Rockland, and Fairfield Counties.

Free Email Security Assessment — NJ, NY & CT

Phishing Stopped. Domain Protected. CEO Fraud Caught.
Business Email Security for NJ, NY & CT.

Gradius delivers complete business email security for NJ, NY & CT — advanced phishing filtering, DMARC domain protection, BEC and CEO fraud detection, MFA account security, email archiving, and continuity. Beyond Microsoft 365 defaults. Configured for your business. Book your free email security assessment today.

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Results in 30–90 days
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