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MailGate SC

Score6 out of 10

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What is MailGate SC?

MailGate SC is a comprehensive email security solution designed to safeguard organizations against a wide range of advanced threats. This solution is suitable for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises to large corporations. According to the vendor, it caters to the needs of IT professionals, security professionals, compliance officers, as well as industries such as financial services and healthcare.

Key Features

Advanced Threat Protection: According to the vendor, MailGate SC provides robust protection against advanced threats by identifying and eliminating disguised phishing attacks, viruses, malware, and blocking spam emails. It also offers defense against distributed botnet attacks.

Outbound and Inbound Message Security and Data Loss Prevention (DLP): The vendor claims that MailGate SC enables organizations to enforce policies that safeguard confidential information and intellectual property, prevent data loss and leakage, and automatically trigger protective actions based on content, users, recipients, and attachments. Additionally, it allows for the conversion of MS Office attachments into password-protected, locked, and watermarked PDF files.

Enterprise-Grade Capabilities: The vendor states that MailGate SC supports large enterprises with its integrated administration dashboard, easy-to-implement clustering, seamless integration into any environment, support for enterprise multi-tenancy, and compatibility with IPv6.

Email Encryption and Secure Folder Sharing: According to the vendor, MailGate SC facilitates secure email communication and file sharing within and outside the organization while adhering to corporate policies and data security requirements. It offers encryption options such as TLS with PFS(FS) mode, S/MIME, and guaranteed encryption delivery with Secure Mailbox.

Top Performing Features

  • Management Tools

    Management tools include administrator dashboards, reports, etc.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Customizability

    Customizing email security gateways can improve detection capabilities

    Category average: 7.8

  • End-to-End Encryption

    In end-to-end encryption the data is encrypted on the sender's system or device and only the recipient is able to decrypt it

    Category average: 8.2

Areas for Improvement

Filling the secure email transport need

Pros

  • Ability to alert a variety of statuses to administrators via email
  • Shows health status of the appliance to ensure proper functionality

Cons

  • External storage configuration is complex to set up
  • Customer support is average, can be slow depending on the type of issue or request

Return on Investment

  • MailGate has allowed the organization to accept more clients with their knowledge of our ability to securely send emails

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft 365 Business

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 Business