Supported Smart Banners

Avanan supports these Smart Banners:

Category

Smart Banner Name

Description

Default Severity

Priority

Is enabled by default?

Business email compromise

Sender resembles a real contact

Email from a sender that resembles but is not identical to a contact.

High

1

Yes

Request to update payment details

Email that resembles vendor payment change requests.

High

2

Yes

Invoice from a new vendor

Email with invoice from unknown vendor.

Medium

21

Yes

Payroll information update request

Emails requesting payroll updates.

Low

41

Yes

Financial transaction requests

Emails with Invoices / POs

Payment request emails via invoice or PO.

Low

42

Yes

Payment request via payment service

Emails with payment service requests.

Low

43

Yes

Avoiding inspection

Emails with links to restricted resources

Links to restricted resources to avoid inspection.

Low

44

Yes

Emails that appear to be from an e-sign service

Emails with e-sign document links.

Low

45

Yes

Fundamentals

Sender name different than address

Mismatch between display name and email.

High

3

Yes

Reply-to domain different and recently created

Reply-to differs and domain is new.

High

4

Yes

Sender domain created recently

Recently created sender domain.

Medium

23

Yes

Sender SPF failed

SPF validation failed.

Medium

24

Yes

Incoming emails from external senders

Email from outside organization.

Informative (blue)

81

No

Impersonation

First-time sender to recipient

Email from unknown sender.

Low

47

No

First-time sender to recipient domain

Email to new domain interaction.

Low

46

No

Sender resembles a person within the organization

Display name impersonates internal user.

Medium

22

Yes

1 These banners apply only to emails written in English and German.

2 This banner will be applied to emails only if the sender's domain was created in the last 100 days.

3 The First-time sender banner will not be applied to the recipient's emails after 24 hours from the sender's first email.

4 If an email is sent to multiple recipients, the banner will be added only if the condition applies to all recipients.

5 The banner will not be added if the sender domain regularly interacts in high volumes with other recipients from your domain. This exception does not apply to public domains. For example, gmail.com.

6 If an email appears to reference an electronic signature and may contain links that cannot be inspected for phishing or viruses, ensure its authenticity before clicking any links or taking further action.