CASE STUDY
ADVANCED THREATS ARE
BECOMING MORE PROMINENT AND
CONCERNING AND TARGETED THREAT
PROTECTION ENSURES WE’RE
ADEQUATELY PROTECTED.
R75 million in a case that went all the way
to the high court,” said Davis. Luckily, Davis and his team have not yet
experienced a successful cyberattack.
Growthpoint was also an early adopter
of Mimecast Targeted Threat Protection
and quickly realised the benefits of having
advanced security solutions in place. But if a threat was to successfully slip past its
advanced security, the company is confident
it would have a suitable cyber resilience for
email strategy in place.
“Advanced threats are becoming more
prominent and concerning and Targeted
Threat Protection ensures we’re adequately
protected,” said Davis. “Cybercriminals are becoming more
sophisticated and new techniques could
make their way into users’ mailboxes,”
said Davis.
“The threat landscape keeps changing but
Mimecast takes the risk and uncertainty
away. We are confident that the product
works and our emails are safe.” “As a result, no security system is 100%
effective. An attack may happen and, in
the event that it does, we will be prepared.
With Mimecast, we will be able to continue
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accessing emails while systems are down
and we will be able to recover all data from
our archive.”
Davis says that the peace of mind Mimecast
offers Growthpoint allows the IT team to
focus on the core functions of the business
like developing and maintaining applications
critical to growth and customer retention.
“It is seamless and operates in the
background and yet it is completely vital to
our business,” added Davis.
“Mimecast has changed the way everyone in
the organisation uses email and, as the CIO,
I never have to worry about it anymore.” n
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