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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs. Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security

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    Microsoft Defender for Office 365

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 is a security solution used to protect Office 365 against advanced threats, such as phishing and business email compromise. It helps prevent volume-based and targeted attacks, including business email compromise, credential phishing, ransomware, and advanced malware with a robust filtering stack, as well as to detect malicious and suspicious content like links and files across Office 365.N/A

    Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMimecast's Cloud Integrated Email Security solution protects Microsoft 365 email and is used to block sophisticated email-based threats. Mimecast combines detection capabilities with instantaneous deployment, administration, and optimized M365 protections. It is purpose-built to augment Microsoft Defender and comes with pre-configured settings ready out-of-the-box.N/A
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP)
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365Mimecast Integrated Cloud Email Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is found to be well suited for our size company, and easily for smaller or larger companies as well. It does have a few places where improvements can be made, but at least it also asks you to provide feedback to Microsoft, which I have done with certain suggestions or complaints. However, overall it is a very thorough and useful tool when it comes to securing and defending yourself against trending threats.
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    Mimecast
    Implementation is fast and easy. It takes care of a large number of email security needs, with an established knowledgeable support team any problem or issue can be resolved promptly. As a cloud native solution the portal is easy to use and intuitive. Email archive is a great established product that is well designed and means IT have access to historical data quickly, the search feature is great. We find that there are a number of email security products like outbound DLP and signature management tools that would be great additions to Mimecast, but their offerings are weak. Missed opportunity.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • It has been seamlessly working for us. We have not faced any issue as an end user. I've not faced many issues around accessing my apps, securely accessing and I've also seen certain links being blocked if I do not have correct access based on the security level that is defined for each user.
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    Mimecast
    • Stop inbound malicious emails
    • protect end users from clicking on infected links in emails
    • Provide interactive end user training to improve cyber security awareness
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • I think it needs to be tuned correctly. For example, afterwards I tried to go in and print once after the implementation was done, I went in and tried to print a file or export a document. Just not possible, which just means it's great, works really well, but it also means that you have to tune your data categorization very carefully.
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    Mimecast
    • Recent changes to the dashboard have meant you cannot see the portal in tab views, making use a little slow
    • Outbound DLP rules are static and not as impressive as competitors on the market
    • Reporting is extremely basic and limited top 20 results
    • Email Signatures is impossible to use and a missed opportunity
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Sentinel One. Well, we have two different products at the same time. Just see which one is the best fit for our business. So nowadays we're using both at the same time.
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    Mimecast
    Overall they are very similar products, but what elevated Mimecast Integrated Cloud email Security over Proofpoint was the people. The staff, from the prompt and knowledgeable support staff, very helpful customer success managers and always available account managers. Technology is only ever as good as the people using or supporting it, and the staff at Mimecast really give great support and assistance in getting the full value from the product stack.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • The positive aspect is the security of the employees, security of the data. There is no breach I can say. So it is a good impact. I mean there is not any bad or negative impact.
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    Mimecast
    • Improved security protection on emails
    • Prevents email attacks with advanced email security
    • Creates a cyber aware workforce with url rewrite and cyber training videos
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