E-mail, e-mail, e-mail – 3 Guaranteed Ways To Enhance Your Email Security and Compliance with Mimecast
E-mails form the primary communication channel for many businesses in the modern world. They’re everywhere (I must have a hundred in my inbox at any given moment!), and, as technology often is, e-mails are frequently used as a tool for malicious activity. As such, businesses must take robust proactive measures to protect their email structure and educate their users on what to look out for. There are plenty of products on the market. Fusion IT use Mimecast, an indispensable tool for safeguarding emails, resisting phishing attempts, and offering user training. Here, I will talk a little about some of the features Mimecast offer, and why we recommend it.
Robust Spam and Phishing Protection
Spam and phishing attempts are probably the most common threat to a business’ cyber-security. They aim to trick your staff into downloading malware, providing login credentials, or even sending funds the malicious parties. We’ve all seen the obvious ‘dodgy’ e-mails come through, with every word spelled incorrectly and a random sender address you’ve never heard of. Sadly, though, the attackers are growing more and more sophisticated, often able to accurately spoof existing addresses to create truly convincing scams.
Mimecast uses a combination of machine learning, threat intelligence, content analysis and grey-listing to identify and eliminate suspicious messages before your users ever get the chance to see them, let alone act upon them. It features real-time analysis to detect phishing attempts and socially engineered attacks and can even analyse outgoing mail in case your team ever do reply to a convincing phishing message, in order to block the message. By automatically quarantining dangerous emails and flagging threats, Mimecast sits between your users and the ‘outside world’ so to speak, offering a layer of protection against the criminals beyond, massively reducing the chance of a successful malicious attack.
Comprehensive Awareness Training
The first step in cyber-security protection is always user education. No system is perfect, and the hackers are only growing more sophisticated. While we try to remain ahead of the curve, the hackers are often one step ahead. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the business to ensure that employees are as prepared as they can be to identify sophisticated threats.
Mimecast’s security awareness platform provides structured, continuous education and simulated phishing threats to identity and reinforce areas of risk. Employees are tested on their ability to recognise phishing attempts in varying degrees of difficulty, backed up with targeted training sessions for each type of attack. Here at Fusion, our technicians of all levels of technical skill are enrolled in such campaigns and required to complete the training that follows. Even the most technical members of staff should be included, in our view. All it takes is one lapse in judgement to bring about potentially serious risk. This training has proven invaluable to us, and several clients.
Email Archiving and Disaster Recovery Feature
Security aside, Mimecast offers a robust email archiving and ingestion function, which can contribute to your business’ Disaster Recovery plan. Mimecast can hold its own archive and live mailbox function, allowing you to send and receive emails through Mimecast should your primary provider fail or have an outage. This can be crucial for businesses to maintain some level of operation should disaster strike.
Moreover, Mimecast offers features like eDiscovery, allowing companies to search through archived emails for legal or compliance purposes. This ensures that organizations are prepared in the event of litigation or audits, providing peace of mind, and minimizing the risk of compliance violations.
Conclusion
To summarise, these are the 3 guaranteed ways to enhance your email security and compliance with Mimecast. Mimecast is a fantastic product, offering a wide range of features to ensure your business is as well prepared as it can be, to fight against the ever-evolving world of cybercrime. By investing in such a solution, you are ensuring the safety of your data and employees, as well as mitigating risk. If you are interested in Mimecast as a solution, please reach out, we’d be thrilled to help
