Mimecast Acquires Segasec: Potential MSSP Benefits
The deal enables customers, MSSPs (managed security services providers) and partners to "block any potentially malicious domains quickly," Mimecast says. Moreover, Mimecast says the deal will allow partners and customers to:- Protect employees, customers, partners and 3rd party vendors from phishing scams attempting to trick them by abusing domains that are similar to their legitimate branding;
- identify and protect against attacks where cybercriminals have cloned a website for malicious activities against stakeholders; and
- block and take down both suspicious sites and active scams.
Mimecast Acquires Segasec: Executive Perspectives
“Every brand is vulnerable to attacks that abuse and threaten the trust that employees, customers, partners and 3rd party vendors have placed in them. Segasec will allow our customers to take a proactive approach to identifying -- and even potentially preventing -- attacks that imitate their brands using domains they don’t own, while also offering the visibility required to understand how their brands are being misused for malicious intent."
“In today’s increasingly digital economy, we rely so heavily on websites and email to interact with businesses in both our professional and personal lives. As such, brand exploitation has been on the rise, as cybercriminals co-opt the brands we depend on and violate our trust. The powerful combination of Mimecast and Segasec will help customers better protect their brands, customers and other external stakeholders, as well as their own employees.”
