How Security Teams Are Using AI-Powered Email Security Gateways

Cybersecurity Business with Fexingo: Security Companies, Breaches, and Enterprise Defense · Jul 16, 2026 · 7m · transcript

Episode 115 of Cybersecurity Business with Fexingo dives into the fast-growing market for AI-native email security gateways. Lucas and Luna break down how traditional Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) struggle against advanced phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and zero-day attacks — and how startups like Abnormal Security and Avanan are using behavioral AI and natural language processing to detect anomalies. They examine a specific case: a 2025 BEC attack on a mid-sized manufacturer that traditional SEGs missed but AI caught in milliseconds. The conversation covers detection rates, false…