Mimecast Review

Overview

Mimecast provides an effective email management platform that includes monitoring all emails that enter and exit through your server. You can use this solution to set up an efficient email management program in your enterprise. Plus, you can decide the amount of access to be given to each staff member to access the internet and to send private emails. The tool is also good at spam control.

Mimecast facilitates cloud-hosted email management for MS Exchange, including security, continuity, and archiving. It unifies fragmented and disparate email environments into one consolidated platform that is available anytime from the cloud. Thus, the system reduces, cost, complexity, and risk, while providing full control over email. Mimecast was founded in 2003 in the UK, and today boasts over 7,000 clients and 1.7 million global users.

Benefits

Solid Platform

Mimecast is a robust anti-ransomware solution that stops all malware sent via email before it can impact your end users. This cloud solution sits between email endpoints, and maintains a good success rate.

Checks Emails and Attachments

Mimecast adopts several layers to ensure your emails are secure. First, it checks all received emails for spam; these emails typically have dangerous files or links. Then the tool scans and removes dangerous attachments in your emails. Next, it runs the other attachments through its sandbox technology to ensure they are safe. Finally, Mimecast can convert your documents into flat PDF files. This enables users to read the file content without worrying about embedded code. They can access the info in the document which is enough to get their job done.

Scans URLs

Mimecast also scan the URLs embedded in the emails and marks them unsafe or safe. Thus, it alerts you about potentially risky URLs.

Easy-to-Use Dashboard

The software’s administrative portal has a minimalist dashboard that displays info clearly and allows you to easily drill down into details if needed. You can swiftly view the number of URLs and attachments removed by the system and the users who can be given additional training.  

Email Archival Functionality

Apart from ensuring protection, Mimecast also offers email archival features. Another advantage is it can help in planning your business continuity. The system offers a simple and clean user portal to review your emails and even read the blocked attachments if required. In short, Mimecast is a reliable tool that focuses on ensuring users’ received emails are clean and secure.

Product Features

Pricing

Mimecast pricing details are offered on request. Contact the vendor for more info.