GEC NEWS WIREMimecast has launched the Mimecast Email Security Risk Assessment, an analysis report measuring the effectiveness of email security systems. This effort highlights the need to push the entire industry to work towards a higher standard of email security.
The Mimecast ESRA testing to date has covered 23,744 email users over a cumulative 153 days of inbound email received into the organizations participating in the testing. This first report compiled the results of all assessments performed, in which more than 26 million emails were inspected by the Mimecast service. These emails had all passed through the incumbent email security vendor or cloud email service in use by each organization. However, Mimecast found millions of missed email threats had gotten through these incumbent security systems. Mimecast uncovered almost 3.5 million pieces of spam, 6,681 dangerous file types, 1,207 known and 421 unknown malware attachments and 1,697 impersonation attacks.
“We launched Mimecast ESRA at the request of organizations who wanted an easy way to assess the risks and to see a greater level of detail to help understand the impact to their business,” said Ed Jennings, COO at Mimecast. Organizations need a true, comprehensive cyber resilience strategy that spans advanced security, data management and business continuity, as well as end-user empowerment to prevent attacks and mitigate business impact.
