Material Security
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What is Material Security
Material Security is a cloud email security and data protection platform focused on securing enterprise email and collaboration data, particularly in Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. It helps security teams detect and remediate risky configurations, suspicious access, and sensitive data exposure in mailboxes and files. The product emphasizes API-based visibility into cloud email environments, automated investigation workflows, and policy-driven remediation actions. It is typically used by security operations and IT teams to reduce account takeover impact and limit data leakage from cloud email.
API-based cloud email visibility
Material Security connects to cloud email platforms via APIs to inspect mailbox and collaboration data without relying solely on gateway routing changes. This approach supports analysis of historical content and configuration state, not just in-transit messages. It fits organizations that want security controls aligned to SaaS platforms rather than perimeter email appliances. It also supports security teams that need centralized visibility across multiple tenants or business units.
Remediation and response workflows
The platform focuses on operational workflows such as investigating suspicious access, identifying exposed sensitive content, and taking corrective actions. Common actions include quarantining or removing risky messages, tightening sharing permissions, and addressing misconfigurations. This aligns well with incident response needs where rapid containment matters. It can reduce manual effort compared with tools that only alert without providing guided remediation.
Sensitive data exposure controls
Material Security supports identifying and managing sensitive data in email and associated cloud content to reduce leakage risk. It helps teams locate where regulated or confidential data resides and apply policy-based controls. This is useful for compliance-driven programs that need ongoing monitoring rather than periodic audits. It also complements identity and access controls by focusing on the data layer inside SaaS email.
Primarily SaaS email focused
The product is centered on cloud email and collaboration ecosystems, so it may not cover endpoint, on-prem file servers, or broader network DLP requirements. Organizations seeking a single tool for enterprise-wide DLP across endpoints and multiple repositories may need additional products. Coverage depth can vary by supported SaaS applications and available APIs. This can limit suitability for heterogeneous environments with significant non-email data stores.
Dependency on platform APIs
Because capabilities rely on Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 APIs, effectiveness can be constrained by API permissions, throttling, and feature parity across tenants. Some controls may require specific licensing tiers or admin roles in the underlying SaaS platform. Changes in provider APIs can also affect detection or remediation features over time. Security teams may need careful permission design to balance visibility with least privilege.
Implementation requires governance alignment
Deploying data discovery and automated remediation in mailboxes can require stakeholder alignment on retention, legal hold, and acceptable automated actions. Tuning policies to reduce false positives and avoid disrupting business processes can take time. Organizations with complex compliance requirements may need additional process work to operationalize workflows. Ongoing administration is typically required to keep policies aligned with changing data types and user behavior.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $4 per user/month (billed annually) | Automates detection and response across email, files, and configuration settings; plus fee based on Shared Drive size; see Material for details. |
| Advanced | $6 per user/month (billed annually) | Everything in Essentials plus expanded data classification, governance, sensitive-content detection, enhanced identity risk & threat detections; plus fee based on Shared Drive size. |
| ATO Resilience (add-on) | +$3 per user/month (billed annually) | Add-on to detect, respond to, and mitigate account takeovers; also available as a stand-alone license. |
| ATO Resilience (stand-alone) | $5 per user/month (billed annually) | Stand-alone license for ATO Resilience features (message-level controls, MFA gap detection, anomalous behavior monitoring). |
Notes: Multi-year and volume discounts are available (contact sales). The site states there is a minimum annual cost that covers up to 1TB of Shared Drive storage but does not publish the dollar amount on the pricing page; fees for Shared Drives are billed in addition to per-user pricing.
Seller details
Material Security, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
2019
Private
https://www.material.security/
https://x.com/MaterialSec
https://www.linkedin.com/company/material-security
