Case Study: Sonic Automotive achieves 20-second email remediation and automated phishing protection with IRONSCALES

How Sonic Automotive revolutionized email security with IRONSCALES, reducing phishing threat remediation from 25 mins to 20 secs

Sonic Automotive, a Fortune 500 automotive retailer with over 140 dealerships and a lean IT/security team supporting ~10,000 employees, was overwhelmed by frequent phishing attacks that often slipped past existing defenses and required up to 20–25 minutes of manual remediation per email. To strengthen their email security, Sonic Automotive added IRONSCALES to their email security stack.

IRONSCALES’ AI/ML-driven platform was quickly integrated alongside Sonic’s existing systems (SEG, Active Directory, MDR), automating detection and remediation and cutting average remediation time from about 25 minutes to roughly 20 seconds. IRONSCALES auto-classified roughly 177,000 phishing threats in nine months — including VIP impersonations — while delivering fast deployment, flexible integrations, and measurable cost and time savings for the Sonic Automotive security team.

Sonic Automotive

Curtis Glenn

Vice President of Information Security