Spam and virus filtering
Egress privacy rating
Cloud email security for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace from Egress, a KnowBe4 company, covering inbound phishing detection, outbound data loss prevention and email encryption.
Summary
Egress scores 15 out of 100 (grade F) on the spam and virus filtering criteria. It partly meets no ads or data sales, TLS configuration and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and modern web standards. It is based in the United Kingdom: Five Eyes member; GDPR-style data protection law; CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A-, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 62%.
Score 15 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads Google Tag Manager and HubSpot, and the KnowBe4 privacy notice lists Google Analytics, AdRoll and Microsoft advertising tracking.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid subscriptions and personal data is not sold, but website visitor data is shared with AdRoll and Microsoft for retargeting ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A-
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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No
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 62%