Account Takeover Protection

Defend Credentials.
Block Takeovers.

Stop email account takeover (ATO) attempts to protect user credentials, financial information, and sensitive data.

Account Takeover Protection

ATO Consequences

Account Takeovers can cripple your business in multiple ways, including:

  • Significant Financial Losses—Account Takeovers can lead to substantial financial damage, draining resources through unauthorized transactions and necessitate costly incident responses.
  • Data Breaches—ATOs can expose your customer’s sensitive data and your proprietary secrets, risking costly legal action and compromising long-term data integrity.
  • Damaged Reputations—The erosion of your customers’ trust, along with negative media attention, can result in a tarnished public image and decline in shareholder value.

ATO Challenges

Detecting account takeover (ATO) attacks presents unique challenges. Here’s why ATOs are notoriously difficult to spot:

  • Phishing Sophistication—Attackers often steal legitimate credentials through phishing attacks. Identifying unauthorized use becomes really difficult when attackers are armed with valid credentials.
  • Credential Stuffing—Attackers capitalize on the common practice of password reuse. They deploy credential stuffing to gain access across multiple accounts using the same set of stolen login details.
  • Security Blind Spots & Device Spoofing—With legitimate credentials attackers create security blind spots that bypass initial checks and use device spoofing to mask unauthorized attempts, making detection significantly more complex.

ATO Detection

Our approach to detecting account takeovers is a seamless blend of deep user insights and proactive monitoring.

  • User Insight Profiling—We build a multi-dimensional footprint for each employee, establishing a comprehensive baseline of normal behavior.
  • Anomalous Activity Detection—We leverage advanced analytics to identify unusual email activities, such as new mail forwarding rules, auto-delete configurations, and "impossible travel," where logins occur from distant locations within a short time frame.
  • Behavioral Pattern Mapping—Our platform continuously monitors deviations in email activity, including the content, format, and types of communications, using behavioral analysis models to detect subtle anomalies that may indicate potential account takeovers.

ATO Remediation

We don’t just detect anomalies, we equip you with all the information and tools you need to act quickly and decisively.

  • Incident Alert—As soon as a potential ATO is detected, we’ll arm you with a comprehensive incident report and all the pertinent details to take swift action.
  • Rapid Response—Once you validate a suspected takeover, you can force a log-out with a single click to cut off unauthorized access and safeguard the account.
  • Empowered User Reporting—When employees flag suspicious emails, our platform re-analyzes them based on the reporter's awareness level. Automated actions like adding warning banners or global quarantining follow customizable settings.

WHY IRONSCALES?

The Industry’s Only Email Security Platform Unifying AI and Human Insights

Our API-based platform creates a baseline and social graph so our Adaptive AI can provide real-time reputation, content, and behavioral analysis to detect any malicious email threat.

Protect Better

Block account takeover and BEC attacks (and never-seen-before threats) with our Adaptive AI machine learning, continuously updated by real-world user insights and a community of over 30,000 IRONSCALES threat hunters.

Simplify Operations

Eliminate the time your team spends remediating email incidents with autonomous remediation without giving up transparency and control.

Empower Your Org

Triple the email security awareness of your workforce. Transform employees into a crucial line of phishing defense with integrated phishing simulation testing and security awareness training.

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“One of our vendors experienced a breach, and the business simply stopped, that’s a scary situation to be in. Although I was looking for an email security product with IRONSCALES, it’s reassuring that we also got added protection against account takeover attacks.”
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Paul Jones, Head of IT The Alchemist

Frequently Asked Questions

How does IRONSCALES detect and prevent account takeover attempts?

IRONSCALES uses behavioral analytics and natural language processing to detect anomalies in how users communicate. If a compromised account begins sending messages with unusual tone, frequency, or recipients, IRONSCALES flags the behavior and quarantines the messages. The system can also identify login-related phishing attempts that lead to account compromise.

What are the signs of an ATO attack that IRONSCALES can catch?

The platform looks for subtle changes in communication patterns such as new sender devices, abnormal login behaviors, inconsistent language, or sudden shifts in time zones. IRONSCALES also checks domain reputation and IP history to detect suspicious internal or external activity that may indicate compromise.

Can IRONSCALES stop internal phishing emails from compromised employee accounts?

Yes. IRONSCALES scans both inbound and lateral internal messages. If a compromised user begins spreading phishing emails internally, the system automatically detects, classifies, and removes them across all affected inboxes. This helps stop ATO-driven attacks before they escalate.

How does IRONSCALES respond once a compromised account is detected?

Once flagged, the platform initiates tenant-wide remediation by clustering and removing all related messages. Admins can review the activity, adjust automation thresholds, and coordinate response with their broader security stack. If a user reported the message, IRONSCALES also closes the loop by confirming whether the threat was real.

Does IRONSCALES integrate with other security tools for coordinated incident response?

Yes. IRONSCALES integrates with SIEM, SOAR, and IAM tools to support coordinated detection and response workflows. This allows organizations to align ATO detection with identity protection, endpoint monitoring, and security orchestration platforms.

What role do employees play in helping stop account takeover attacks?

Employees are equipped with a Report Phishing button and dynamic warning banners. When a suspicious email is reported, the system analyzes it and propagates a response across the environment if a threat is confirmed. This real-time collaboration between users and AI helps detect compromised accounts faster and reduces dwell time.

Stop Email Attacks.

Dead In Their Tracks.

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