Mimecast [Nasdaq: Mime]
Level Up Your Cyber Defences

Chess is a game of strategy, a clash of tactics. The first person to say ‘check mate’ is always one step ahead of their opponent. When you think about it, cyberwar is not much different than this board game of strategy and tactics, where emerging cyber technologies are like the chess pieces on the board that is IT. It all depends on how cleverly you move those pieces while predicting your opponent’s move. In this battleground of cybertechnology, very few organisations are as strategic and fore-thinking as Mimecast—one of the most successful cybersecurity providers.

"We designed Mimecast Cloud Archive to help organisations overcome the traditional roadblocks to compliance, remain agile amid regulatory changes, and always stay prepared for compliance events and audits"

Founded in 2003 by Peter Bauer and Neil Murray, the company has witnessed rapid growth over the years, with global offices in North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Africa, and Australia. Backed by over 1,700 employees worldwide, the company caters to over 36,100 customers in 100 countries. Currently, the company has over 337 billion emails under its secure management. In addition, the company has completed HIPAA/HITECH Security Assessment and is one of the best GDPR-compliant security solution providers in the world.

Traditional security approaches are no longer effective in the current landscape, when attack methods are quickly evolving and growing more sophisticated, targeted, and dangerous. Today, the industry is faced with email-borne threats like phishing (malicious attachments and URLs disguised as legitimate mails), impersonation fraud fuelled by social engineering and aimed at tricking employees to wire-transfer money or send company personally identifiable information, and even ransomware attacks that can encrypt critical data and take entire systems offline. Ignoring these advanced threats and sticking with legacy security capabilities or deploying a defence-only security strategy can severely impede the preparedness of organisations and put their entire data troves in the path of risk.

The Game-Changer in Email Security

Especially in the current landscape, almost every organisation runs on email, and it is undoubtedly one of the most prominent channels of communication internally as well as externally. In fact, organisations rely on the availability of email every day.

Owing to the robustness and flexibility of the platform, thousands of organisations around the world trust Mimecast to enhance their cyber resilience preparedness, streamline compliance, reduce IT complexity, and keep their business engines always running.

Since secure email gateways and perimeter strategies are no longer enough to stop cyberthreats, Mimecast is bringing forth more comprehensive means of protection. With Mimecast’s robust platform, security professionals can establish strategies that extend beyond the traditional perimeter-oriented defences to provide a multi-zoned, integrated approach.

Especially with Mimecast’s Email 3.0, organisations can impart a complete cyber resilience strategy with continuity, sync, and recovery capabilities. In fact, clients can eliminate email downtime, enable quick recovery, and ensure critical data is never lost. The company combines internally-developed and third-party detective analytics with multiple internal and external threat intelligence sources to maximise protection against email-borne threats. In addition, Mimecast offers a multi-layered inspection system that is effective against both widely used, commodity attacks, as well as highly targeted attacks. With Mimecast, clients can continually assess and deploy leading technologies, conduct ongoing threat analysis, automate remediation services, and deliver inline user education to help employees become more aware and cautious.

Illuminating the Path to a Successful Cybersecurity Strategy

In its quest to help clients dominate the cybersecurity landscape amid the GDPR regulation, Mimecast is rolling out new innovations. A case in point is the new Mimecast case review app integrated into the email archiving service. The new offering will provide fast, accurate first-pass review for an email in response to audits, compliance reviews, legal claims, and other investigations. The app also offers early case assessment (ECA) search tools to allow e-discovery administrators and compliance professionals to collect, identify, review, cull, and preserve relevant emails and attachments quickly and effectively.

Propelled by such contributions and successes, Mimecast is all set to make its mark in the cybersecurity landscape. The company will keep on innovating and augmenting its services, clearing the path to robust, GDPR-compliant, and secure organisations. In years to come, the company will also expand geographically, bringing its cutting-edge services to new organisations. Mimecast will remain committed to protecting the IT assets of its client organisations through constant innovation and focus on their success as well as its own.