The Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is a messaging security option with anti-spam / anti-malware, data loss prevention, large file send, and other features, from UK company Mimecast.
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Proofpoint Essentials
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Proofpoint Essentials provides protection against spam, phishing and other email threats, as well as social media protection, user roles and restrictions, and other protections oriented around the needs of small business.
This platform wins from its simple to use interface for both admin and user, plus the super helpful implementation and POC teams who have no trouble in allowing you to trial and test any scenario before signing up!
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Chose Mimecast Advanced Email Security
We selected Mimecast mainly based on their reputation. We also demoed SpamTitan and Proofpoint but found that each did not have all of the features we wanted. All three were improvements to our old solution, which was based on SpamAssasin. Do note that Proofpoint has different …
As already wrote, Proofpoint is perfect solution to be deployed quickly without requiring any additional resources or services. Good email tracking logs, excellent reporting features. Great filtering mechanism. Cost effective pricing.
On a day-to-day basis, withholding malicious emails for review, the console is easy to use and get familiar with. You are able to review held emails and view all the content to investigate further before releasing to a user, in lower risk emails the user is empowered to be able to release their own emails which in turn frees up admin time. Policies are easy to configure such as putting a forward on all emails to a certain address if required, there's a lot of customisation to be done!
I would definitely recommend it for fast and easy deployment with no need of constant managing solution. It is a solid solution that will do all what you need for the email security. Especially when you have a small IT team or even do not have enough experienced specialists to handle email security questions - Proofpoint is what I would recommend to use. I gave it 9 of 10 points only because of the price, you can find find more cheap solutions on the market.
I would like to see some additional improvement around the attachment protection, specifically what may be getting caught and what types of files are attempting to be delivered via email by impersonators.
The Targeted Threat Protection is a great product, and I wish there was a dashboard for this service where we could easily see the types of emails and/or links that have been caught as part of the protection module that could be shared with executives.
Finally, I feel that the phishing protection is great and honestly don't believe there should be much improvement needed there.
I gave a 9/10 rating because with the 1 limited resources needs a bit of experience to work on the dashboard, and then Strong protection policies, reliable email continuity and proactive threat intelligence.
The centralized admin console simplifies email security management, making it easier to configure policies, monitor threats, and review logs. The interface is intuitive, and the dashboard provides clear insights into email activity and security events. A major benefit of having a single administration console is streamlined policy enforcement across phishing protection, spam filtering, and data loss prevention. This reduces the need to manage multiple security tools separately. However, there’s a learning curve, especially for advanced configurations, and some settings feel buried within menus. Additionally, while the reporting is strong, customization options could be improved. Despite these minor drawbacks, the overall ease of management makes Mimecast a valuable security tool.
When calling them you get best in the world customer services but as previously mentioned their online community and capabilities are a bit lacking. They want you to log into their portal to see updates on issues (vs. using a public facing service) and I rarely find the answers to my issues in electronic format. Their online presence is only helpful with the simplest of issues.
It has a better interface and is easy to use and understand. It also has better customer service, which is easy to reach. It is also more commercialized, which makes finding products, solutions, and add-ons better and easier to navigate and purchase.
As already wrote, Proofpoint is perfect solution to be deployed quickly without requiring any additional resources or services. Good email tracking logs, excellent reporting features. Great filtering mechanism. Cost effective pricing.
Saves Time for C-Suite blocking unwanted Mails & Spam.
Saves time for Admins using message tracking, can go back 30 days, and EOL mail trace takes a lot longer to run.
Allows staff to send & Receive large files securely, saving time for IT teams having to move large amounts of data across networks or sending via other means (FTP, File transfer sites, etc), Reducing the Risk of lost data via file sharing platforms such as Dropbox, etc.