CASE STUDY
TARGETED THREAT PROTECTION
OFFERS ADVANCED PROTECTION
FROM SPEAR-PHISHING .
blocked ransomware, spear phishing
attacks and other malicious content. The
monthly threat reports we receive from
Mimecast provide complete visibility into
what’s happening on the network, where
the threats are coming from, and where we
might still be vulnerable.”
Today, Al Abbar has more than 700
Mimecast users across the Middle East,
Philippines and India, as well as roaming
users spread across the world.
“Implementation was a piece of cake for
us,” says Gopalakrishnan. “It was simple and
straightforward. Mimecast’s tight integration
with our on-premises Active Directory
reduced a lot of the admin and workarounds
required when employees join or leave.
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“We also moved our on-premises Exchange
server to Microsoft Office 365, using
Mimecast as a gateway, with minimal issues.
In four years, we’ve never experienced any
email downtime thanks to Mimecast’s
continuity offering and we can always easily
access mails through the web console.
With Mimecast, I probably have the fewest
helpdesk calls.”
We asked Manoj Gopalakrishnan further
questions about the solution.
question of build verse buy is a thing of the
past. Today it makes sense to rent/subscribe.
Why did you choose to work with
the provider?
We evaluated many solutions but could
only find one vendor who could offer a
fully integrated email security, continuity
and archiving cloud-based solution, that
delivers end-to-end control of emails,
mitigating email risk and reducing the
complexity of infrastructure.
What was the most important factor
that necessitated your decision to
implement the solution? Did the system require any
additional training for staff?
The recognition of total cost of ownership
drove us towards a cloud-based solution. The Not at all, configuration was a piece of cake.
You just change the MX records, inbound
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