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“ Organizations can ’ t be reactive anymore . You need to be more proactive ”
— Mark O ’ Hare , Chief Information Security Officer , Mimecast their security and their well-being , and ensuring they get the most out of our product . After all , we ’ re building a product for them and not for us .”
Mimecast has shifted from an email security-focused platform in its infancy , into a more robust cyber resilience platform . Today Mimecast ’ s platform takes on a much broader remit , supporting a wider range of customer security needs , such as Awareness Training , Web Security and Threat Intelligence through a single , trusted platform . Organizations that deploy multiple point solutions can often end up with over complicated and over engineered security environments . This leads to poorly implemented and managed services as they attempt to protect multiple facets of a company ’ s network through several disparate solutions . Complexity is the enemy of security . For Mimecast to achieve its goal of an accessible and reliable cyber resiliency focused product for its clients , it has had to keep simplicity in mind without compromising the platform ’ s ability to manage the diversifying needs of web-reliant businesses . According to Mark , cybersecurity
NOVEMBER 2019