Re: Proof point vs Mimecast

[Max McGrath <mmcgrath () CARTHAGE EDU>]

I find the last two responses really interesting.  I did a deep dive into
both products last year and got quotes on them both.  The pricing I
received was dead even between the two products.

We ended up going with Proofpoint (we are almost at the end of our first
year with them) mainly because of their relationship with Palo Alto.  I do
recall Mimecast had an educational piece (when users clicked a malicious
link) that Proofpoint did not have.

Max
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Max McGrath  <http://www.linkedin.com/in/max-mcgrath-a299124b>
Infrastructure and Security Manager
Carthage College
262-551-6666
mmcgrath () carthage edu


On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 8:36 AM O'Callaghan, Daniel <
000000eccf3d4b14-dmarc-request () listserv educause edu> wrote:

> We evaluated both, selected Mimecast primarily on price compared to PP.
> Implemented last October.  Overall very satisfied, though there is a bit of
> a learning curve.  Their basic protection really dropped our
> phishing/compromised account numbers.  We are gradually rolling out
> different features of their advanced protection—really like the
> “impersonation protect” feature for identifying/blocking whaling and BEC
> attacks.  The PhishMe integration is promising, but we are still in process
> of testing it.
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> _________________________
>
> Dan O'Callaghan
>
> CISO, Sinclair Community College
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> 937.512.2452
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> (It’s not paranoia if you really do store sensitive data!)
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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
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>
> 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
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> ·         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
>
>
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> We use Office365 Exchange with A1 licensing.
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>
>
> 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
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> CCNP
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