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Mimecast Advanced Email Security

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What is Mimecast Advanced Email Security?

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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Mimecast works well

8 out of 10
March 14, 2021
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Popular Features

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  • Threat Detection (18)
    8.2
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  • Anti-malware (19)
    8.0
    80%
  • Management Tools (19)
    8.0
    80%
  • Customizability (19)
    7.4
    74%

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What is Mimecast Advanced Email Security?

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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  • No setup fee

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Mimecast Advanced Email Security?

Mimecast offers advanced email and collaboration security through two different deployment methods.

A Secure Email Gateway in the cloud, Mimecast Email Security Cloud Gateway is designed to keep any type of email environment, even the most complex, secure.

Mimecast Email Security Cloud Integrated
is an integrated cloud email security solution that does not require an MX record change, and is purpose-built to enhance and extend M365 protections.

Both solutions include AI-powered protection, include a range of specifically designed benefits, and offer a complementary suite of additional capabilities like collaboration security, awareness training, and archiving.

Mimecast Advanced Email Security Features

Secure Email Gateway Features

  • Supported: Anti-malware
  • Supported: Customizability
  • Supported: Data Loss Protection
  • Supported: Threat Detection
  • Supported: Sandboxing
  • Supported: End-to-End Encryption
  • Supported: Management Tools

Mimecast Advanced Email Security Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesGlobal

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Abnormal Security, and Proofpoint Email Protection are common alternatives for Mimecast Advanced Email Security.

Reviewers rate End-to-End Encryption highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of Mimecast Advanced Email Security are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Mimecast Advanced Email Security does an outstanding job of protecting our user inboxes. Its spam technology is great, and we truly do feel safer with this by our side. There is, of course, always area for improvement, i.e. their support team could be a little more helpful and their directory syncs more frequently.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast has been great at filtering our email for spam, phishing attempts, and potentially dangerous email attachments. We have been very happy with the reliability of the Mimecast services - I don't recall having a single service outage. My one complaint is that the admin console is not very easy to navigate, which makes some of the services difficult to implement. That being said, their support team has been great about walking us through these issues.
January 26, 2024

Mimecast Review

James Brown | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is a must for any business dealing with volume email, senders spoofing your address are automatically blocked if you have your profiles set up, newly created domains are not trusted, emails are always accessible even if deleted from your deleted folder Maybe could have a cheaper version for smaller firms
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast is good when you are needing a basic email security platform. It does some basic things really well, but when you start hitting some advanced needs, it lacks. Mimecast does not do a good job with BEC detection. Mimecast does spam filtering alright, but it could be much better. It really doesn't care about gmail or other external addresses. It doesn't check for age of accounts, etc.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is well suited for very large companies that need to control spam, unwanted attachments, Etc.
I would say it would be less appropriate for smaller companies as the cost may not be a good fit.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
On an established email domain where malicious or spam email is a significant percentage it works well - but if you have admin in the background using it as a live tool assessing and fine tuning it in the background. Leaving end users to manage held mail isn't always the best solution.

Works well in terms of end user experience with the Outlook plugin ideally with SSO enabled (so they don't have to remember to keep logged into it if their pw changes). The web plugin is less detailed and feature rich.
Mike Montagna | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast does a good job at protecting all areas of vulnerability in the email systems. From scanning emails themselves to links and attachments to impersonation attacks. Mimecast wraps the email system in a protective blanket and helps protect users and organizations.
March 14, 2021

Mimecast works well

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think Mimecast secure email gateway is a great product and it is well suited for all aspects of e-mail management including retention, SPAM prevention, URL protection, and remote e-mail access. It's great for a large organization to use concurrently with Office365 and our users appreciate the easy to use interface in the web portal.
February 28, 2020

The Benefits of Mimecast

Jessica Rondash | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is great for searching for previous emails. It allows you to get very granular and create a very specific search to easily find the email you are looking for. It also makes it easy to save all emails, without having to go through an archiving process. You can also set Mimecast to save emails for x number of years and therefore remove all emails older than that period.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The product is best used for medium and larger businesses with more than 100 people. It's not cost-effective for less than 100 users.

It's good for any company that wants to block spam before it gets to your on-premise servers and end-users. Their anti-spam engines are amongst the best in the business. The number of customizations on sending and on-premise delivery available can be mind-boggling at first, but are incredibly powerful to get your messages to the right place.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is appropriate for any mid- to large-scale business that wants to limit their exposure to internet-based mail threats. It basically runs itself so requires very little admin time once it is setup and executing properly. The pricing is also a HUGE bargain when compared to what some companies pay for other cloud-based services. Just about any company can afford to set aside this amount to secure their email. Having it lessens the impact of dealing with local users who either do not care about security or are not trained well enough to avoid schemes. The only place where it may not be suited is really small business where the cost may be overkill vs. making sure the users are well versed in avoiding email virus and malware trickery.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you host your own mail you really do need a solution such as this. Keeping malicious actors out of your user mailboxes is a high priority with current threat vectors. Mimecast is always highly recommended to this purpose. It may be less needed if you are on GSuite and make use of Google's filtering.
November 16, 2019

Mimecast, Great for DR.

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Specifically for our organization, we use Mimecast as a defense for our users. This can seem redundant because we also utilize Proofpoint to do basically the same thing. In my opinion, Proofpoint does seem to do this better, but the needs may differ from other Organizations. What I think Mimecast does really well is email backup. For DR testing purposes, we have to stand up a copy of every user's inbox ready for access at any time. Mimecast is able to handle this really well, and also allows our users to send and receive in the event of a disaster.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The software is well suited to large corporate organizations with a high volume of emails sent each day within, and out of, the organization. Another good fit is in organizations where communication does not take place in the public domain, but rather contains confidential information. Organizations, where a phishing attack could be of greater significance than in non-defense related industries, are also a big market.

Mimecast is not well suited to smaller businesses in which communication volume is low, and the staff is very technically savvy. These staff can typically ascertain the safety of e-mail content themselves and speed up their working experience.
Jeff Nickles | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my opinion, Mimecast is suitable for any business that wants greater control over the content, URLs, and attachments they receive via email. It also serves a great business continuity function, given the business-critical nature of email communication today. We have been very pleased with the value of our investment in Mimecast's services and would sign up again in a heartbeat if we had it to do all over.
Jon Shurtliff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For both Office 365 as well as G Suite Email platforms, Mimecast provides an excellent layer of security and protection from unwanted and malicious emails. I do admit that training is a key part of the implementation process and if not careful, users can block emails so much that they cause problems receiving valid emails in the future. But with proper training this can be avoided.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast is well suited for any enterprise of over 25 individuals who wish to have first-class spam and malware protection on inbound email. It is reasonably priced and straightforward to implement. It does require some attention, and I would not recommend it to anyone who does not have a technical person who can invest the time to learn the system's administration to provide for its maintenance and ongoing adjustment as threats and desires for varying system performance evolve.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is well suited for businesses that need email security and protection from phishing/social engineering attacks, so basically it's good for businesses of all sizes. All it takes is one malicious email to get clicked by an end user and your whole network is down, Mimecast security is well worth it.
Debbie Johnson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For companies with larger IT departments, especially someone Exchange savvy, Mimecast is a great tool that works terrific after you set it up. Administering and managing it is easy once it's up. The initial setup of any rules or functionality is overly complicated and takes great patience and lots of support time to accomplish what you want. The ability to use the Mimecast app or website during our onsite Exchange maintenance periods is terrific and it works great for business continuity.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is well suited to companies looking for a cloud-based email security solution at a reasonable price. Mimecast offers several different pricing levels and optional packages so you can craft a solution that has the features you need, within your budget. It works well with Office365 and with on-premise e-mail systems. If you are hesitant to route your email through a cloud-based provider, then Mimecast (and other cloud solutions) might not be suitable for your environment.
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mimecast's ability to act as a email filter is amazing. While their archiving service is little beyond useless. The cost to ingest pre-existing email is astronomical compared to the cost of their product. The cost to download email (in bulk) from the archival platform in a format that is easily usable is also nuts. The inability to cancel service in the weeks leading up to your renewal because of a line in their contract is goofy. It's a shame that a company with such a fantastic product uses such shady sales practices.
Hans Huang | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Very good for SMBs and large organizations to have an email security solution at the perimeter and also if you need a solution that can do things like archiving, legal holds and disaster recovery. These would be very useful in not just day to day operations but also in the event of a major disaster declaration.
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