What is Mimecast Threat Intelligence?

Mimecast offers a threat intelligence service, including the company's Threat Intelligence Dashboard, threat remediation, and the Mimecast Threat Feed for integration threat intelligence into compatible SIEM or SOAR platforms.

What is Mimecast Threat Intelligence's best feature?

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.

Who uses Mimecast Threat Intelligence?

The most common users of Mimecast Threat Intelligence are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Mimecast Threat Intelligence Reviews & Ratings 2024

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December 16, 2021

Mimecast makes our job easy!

Glen Statkiewicz

Director

Altus Traffic (Construction, 201-500 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Mimecast to mitigate email threats, web threats and also for Security Awareness Training. About 130,000 emails are received each month, with approximately 25% being classified as dangerous or SPAM. Having Mimecast has really enabled us to take control of what is coming into the company and gives us piece of mind that we are doing everything we can to keep the company's date and network safe.

Pros and Cons

Identifies malicious emails and blocks them
Allows us to take control of what we let in - and lets us make changes as we need to
Security Awareness Training has really engaged with staff
Lots of reports and things to customise
It doesn't get many blocked emails wrong considering the volume
Allows people to take control!

There is a lot of things and it can be hard to find what you're after sometimes
Probably needs to be a central management console with your most used features that dynamically updates to find things easier

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Mimecast is great for companies who want granular control over their email. Once it is setup, it really does just run along without IT needing to get involved too much. Any time we have 'issues' - such as incorrectly blocked emails or attachments, we can easily figure out what we need to do and how to fix it. Mimecast is great for teams who don't want to sit there all day and manage and look at emails. It would suit a large organisation who want deep control.

Most Important Features

Security Awareness Training
Impersonation protection
blocking websites
the personal email portal

Return on Investment

It has stopped numerous threats
having an all in-in-one system gives us great protection
Around 25% (30,000) emails are blocked each month.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

The thing I like about Mimecast is that it makes sense to setup and implement without having to get. Most things are easy to find (eventually) and makes sense. The issue with Microsoft is that it can be way too involved and hard to digest. Support isn't always available either.

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Sophos Intercept X, Cisco Meraki MX

Users and Roles

180

We use Mimecast to help mitigate threats via email and the web. The Mimecast Email Gateway is our first line of defence against all email threats. In addition to identifying malware, it takes control of SPAM, impersonation email and protects againt phishing and fake URLs. We also have the Mimecast Web Filter which acts as another level of protection when people click on malicious links. Lastly, we have deployed the Security Awareness Training module to ensure our staff are educated against threats.

Support Headcount Required

We have a small IT Team of 3 who manage Mimecast.

We have had it for around 18 months and we have found it very easy to use and make adjustments to things such as whitelisted domains and adjusting various rules and settings.

Whilst it is a very comprehensive tool, it is easy to learn and manage.

Business Processes Supported

Identifying malware
identify phishing emails
blocking malicious URLs
Educating staff

Innovative Uses

We use it to check that people have received emails (when they say they havent)
We have been able to identify whether we have been compromised when third parties receive emails from hackers
We have been able to identify who needs extra training and is a risk to our security
Have been able to identify email trends
Allows people to self manage their permitted senders
People have become more aware of threats and what to look for
People now understand that IT is in charge

Future Planned Uses

We are currently using it to the level we expect. I don't foresee any major changes

Likelihood to Renew

It works perfectly and is really easy to manage when you understand the menu and how it works. It really is 'set and forget' with minor changes needed from time to time to blacklist and whitelist senders and domains. It makes our life really easy and gives us a lot of data to understand how or business and users operate.

Training Types Used

Online training

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