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Mimecast extends cyber-
resilience vision with new
web security service
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M
imecast, a leading email and data
security company, has announced
the general availability of its new
web security service. The cloud-based service
is designed to guard against malicious
activity initiated by user action or malware
while blocking access to websites deemed
unsafe or inappropriate based on each
organisation’s policies.
Mimecast Web Security is engineered to
be managed with the same administration
console that customers use to manage
Mimecast’s existing email services. This
offers an easy-to-deploy and manage
defence against advanced phishing
and malware attacks being delivered to
employees by both email, web, instant
messaging systems, social network sites and
ad networks.
MIMECAST WEB
SECURITY IS
ENGINEERED TO
BE MANAGED
WITH THE SAME
ADMINISTRATION
CONSOLE THAT
CUSTOMERS
USE TO MANAGE
MIMECAST’S
EXISTING EMAIL
SERVICES.
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Scott Crawford, Research Director of
Information Security, 451 Research, said:
“Organisations often struggle to enforce
security for two of the most common
attack vectors: email and the web. Many
security professionals seek to consolidate
and use integrated cloud services that make
management and operation simpler and
more effective. Mimecast’s move to expand
outside of its core email focus mirrors the
growing need for a more integrated defence
to combat advanced attacks.”
Peter Bauer, CEO, Mimecast
During the early adopter programme,
customers around the world tested the
service which is now immediately available
globally. Jamie Fernandes, Director of
Product Management for Web Security at
Mimecast, said: “Commonalities between
email and web threat intelligence and
detective analytics help improve the security
defences against both vectors whether used
by attackers separately or together.
“The new web security service is designed to
allow customers to broaden and improve their
protection from attacks occurring via email
and the web, using a single integrated service.
We’re excited about our ability to significantly
expand our customers’ defence systems by
extending the power of our Mime|OS threat
detection technologies and the global grid
powered by 30,000 plus customers we’re
protecting around the globe.”
Vanson Bourne research found 32% of
organisations were not confident that their
employees could spot and defend against
malware or ransomware attacks via direct
web downloads. Only 25% were completely
confident their security defences would stop
targeted spear-phishing with malicious links.
The combined cyber-resilience offering is
also supported by the Mimecast Security
Operations Center (MSOC) team and
is enriched with all the global threat
intelligence, analytics and infrastructure that
supports Mimecast’s current services.
Mimecast’s CEO, Peter Bauer, added: “We
can now protect our customers with a more
complete threat detection offering that will
work the way organisations do – anytime
and anywhere, doing business through the
email and web at global scale.
“Our homegrown research and development
into the high-growth web security market is
designed to apply our recent acquisition of
Ataata for a new approach to employee risk
scoring, training and awareness and our latest
advanced malware detection capabilities.
“Together, these strategic investments
are helping us move toward our vision of
providing an integrated super-category of
cyber-resilience solutions from a global,
cloud-based service.”
The service is available for a free 30-day trial
for existing Mimecast customers. If you are
interested in trying the service, register at
https://info.mimecast.com/tryweb or send
email to [email protected]. n
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