Re: Proof point vs Mimecast

[Alexandre Adao <Alexandre.Adao () MORGAN EDU>]

We took advantage of a "promotional pricing" in order for us to purchase
ProofPoint back in 2016.  So far has served us well and it worth the
investment if you can afford. Spams and phishing have been reduced
considerably but indeed this product is very expensive.

Alex Adao

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 8:44 AM Frank Barton <bartonf () husson edu> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > [image: cid:part2.C84B68C8.50548032@messiah.edu]
> >
> >
> >
> > *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
> >
> > [image: cid:part2.C84B68C8.50548032@messiah.edu]
> >
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> >
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> >
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>
>
> --
> Frank Barton, MBA
> Security+, ACMT, MCP
> IT Systems Administrator
> Husson University


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