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Re: Proof point vs Mimecast


From: Frank Barton <bartonf () HUSSON EDU>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 08:44:11 -0400

We have looked at enabling the "time-of-click" protection on our Sophos
Email Appliance (does part of what ProofPoitn and Mimecast does), but it
would involve changing our email flow

Are any of those of you that are using these services using Google Apps as
your email?

Frank

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 8:33 AM Snook, Allen <asnook () messiah edu> wrote:

Thanks everyone for your insightful input.    Your input will make my
decision much easier.



Regards,



*Allen A. Snook - CISSP*

Director of Information Security

CCNP

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*From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <
SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> *On Behalf Of *Snook, Allen
*Sent:* Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:14 AM
*To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
*Subject:* [SECURITY] Proof point vs Mimecast



Good morning All,



Has anyone used either or both of these companies?  We have just completed
a POC with Proof Point which I feel is a great product/service we just
cannot afford the price tag.  Currently we are looking at Mimecast to do
another POC with to compare the two.



I would like to get anyone’s feedback to the following questions in
regards to Proof Point or Mimecast:

·         why you picked one over the other,

·         if you switched from one to the other why,

·         what you like best of either, or

·         most importantly what you didn’t like.



Also is there another product/service you prefer that would be great to
know.



A little about our environment:

For the last 30 days, our average daily email stats look like:

            email sent: 11,855

            email received: 92,692

            total mailboxes: 17,000

            active mailboxes: 8,168



We use Office365 Exchange with A1 licensing.



Currently our heaviest attack vector is Email (with IMAP password
discovery, discovered during our POC with Proof Point) with Alumni accounts
being compromised most often.



Regards,



*Allen A. Snook - CISSP*

Director of Information Security

CCNP

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-- 
Frank Barton, MBA
Security+, ACMT, MCP
IT Systems Administrator
Husson University


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