CASE STUDY
W
hen Fichte & Co – one of the
leading law firms in the UAE –
saw in increase in sophisticated
and tailored phishing attacks against its
network it was obvious action was needed.
While Fichte & Co had an anti-spam/anti-
virus solution in place to combat email-borne
attacks, its threat protection capabilities
were thin, with multiple threats entering its
network each week.
With the barrage leading to staff fatigue,
and staff losing confidence in email as a
communications tool, Managing Partner
Jasamin Fichte knew she had to act quickly.
Fichte consulted with CIO Matthew
James Peet, who recommended that
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the firm implement a new email security
management solution focused primarily on
targeted threat protection.
Based on past experience with several
vendors and after detailed analysis, Peet
concluded that Mimecast was the best fit for
Fichte & Co, for its technological capabilities
as well as its flexibility and support.
Within 48 hours of Fichte & Co signing on
with Mimecast, an engineer was onsite in
Dubai implementing Mimecast’s Secure
Email Gateway with Targeted Threat
Prevention solution.
Within a few hours the solution was up
and running, protecting the firm from
email-borne threats such as spearphishing,
ransomware, impersonation emails and
more. With Mimecast in place, CIO Peet
reports that the number of threats making it
through to Fichte & Co email users has been
reduced by 94%.
Mimecast now blocks 60% of inbound
email at the gateway. In one recent month,
Mimecast stopped users from accessing
multiple malicious URLs and from receiving
multiple emails with malicious attachments
that required sandboxing to catch.
Mimecast’s engineer tuned the system’s
settings so that the false positive rate is
essentially zero, ensuring no valid emails are
lost, for UAE court compliance. Peet says he
has been impressed by Mimecast’s ability to
strike the right balance between security and
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