Mimecast Advanced Email Security
By Mimecast
A cloud email security gateway historically known for continuity features that keep mail flowing during an outage, now sold as part of a broader human risk management platform following Mimecast's 2024 acquisitions of Elevate Security, Code42, and Aware. Increasingly extends the same risk signal from email into Slack and Teams monitoring.
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- Product type
- Software
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Organization size
- SMBMid-marketEnterprise
- Pricing tier
- $$
Capability checklist
How Mimecast Advanced Email Security measures up against the full Email Security taxonomy.
- Phishing & malware detection — supported
- Blocks malicious links, attachments, and known phishing patterns in inbound email.
- Business email compromise detection — supported
- Flags impersonation and social-engineering attempts that lack a malicious payload.
- Link & attachment sandboxing — supported
- Detonates suspicious links and files in an isolated environment before delivery.
- DMARC/SPF/DKIM enforcement — supported
- Enforces sender authentication standards to block domain spoofing.
- User-reported phishing workflow — supported
- Lets employees report suspicious emails and routes them for rapid review.
- Data loss prevention for email — not supported
- Blocks sensitive data from leaving the organization through outbound email.
Alternatives
Other Email Security tools with overlapping capabilities, sized for similar teams.