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What is Mimecast Advance Email Security?
Mimecast Advanced Email Security blocks the most dangerous attacks. As the top attack vector, email demands the strongest possible protection. We block the most dangerous email-borne attacks, from phishing and ransomware to social engineering, payment fraud, and impersonation.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+93 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Mimecast Advance Email Security?
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
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Feature Ratings
Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing
Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection
Anti Malware Signature Detection
URL and Malware Detection
Email Retention and Archiving
Anti Malware Behavioral Detection
Reporting Components
Data Loss Prevention
End User Spam Visibility and Controls
Encryption and Decryption
Hosted Email Support
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Business Value Created
Vendor Support
Breadth of Features
Ease of Implementation
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Customization
Availability and Quality of Training
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
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Mimecast Advance Email Security Reviews
Abrar Ahmad M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2024
efficient & user-friendly email security solution
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Mimecast Advance Email Security from other similar products?
Advanced Threat Protection: AI-powered detection, sandboxing, and end-to-end encryption safeguard against phishing, malware, and ransomware鈥�. Email Continuity: Built-in email continuity ensures service availability during outages, unlike many competitor's Archiving & Compliance: Offers secure archiving with long-term data retention, helping businesses meet compliance requirement.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Mimecast is its AI-powered threat protection and email continuity, which ensures secure email delivery and availability during outages
What do you dislike most about this product?
Users often dislike Mimecast's slow sandboxing process, which delays email delivery, and the limited directory syncing with Office 365, which only updates three times per day鈥�
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Assess Compatibility and Needs: Ensure the product aligns with your current systems and meets your specific requirements. Check Support and ROI: Review support options and calculate the total cost versus potential benefits to determine overall value.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Caring
- Includes Product Enhancements
Mike B.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2024
Market Leader for Business Email Security Solution
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Mimecast Advance Email Security from other similar products?
Mimecast is part of the market leaders for stopping BEC (Business Email Compromise) and also integrates with other cyber security provides such as Netskope, Crowdstike and more to share threat intelligence and IOC across platforms to stop bad actors in their tracks. Their platform is also extremely robust and allows for granular policies and configurations. They are also deeply integrated with other M365 products how to provide archiving and retention for MS Teams, OneDrive & Sharepoint too.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Extremely configurable policies and services to enable it to fit around how your business works and how internal and external people communicate with you.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Their roadmap has stagnated in recent years and they haven't been innovating as much as I've seen previously (being a 10+ year veteran of Mimecast across UK & APAC)
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Really understand what products and services you and your business need so that you select the right product package plus any additional addons you need, such as Human Risk Management, Cyber Awareness Training, CyberGraph and so on.
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Security Protects
- Performance Enhancing
Derek B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2024
Best experience with email security, hands down.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Mimecast Advance Email Security from other similar products?
Ease of implementation, quality of ongoing support, accuracy of spam and malware protection
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Daily administration is intuitive
What do you dislike most about this product?
I don't really dislike anything about it, especially compared to the previous product
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Mimecast has been by far the best value of any email security solution I have researched or used.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
