Intelligent CIO North America Issue 02 | Page 18

NEWS

Mimecast earns 2020 top rated award from TrustRadius

Mimecast Limited , a leading email security and cyber-resilience company , has announced it has been presented with a TrustRadius 2020 Top Rated Award .

New bot detection feature by Auth0 reduces effectiveness of credential stuffing attacks

Based entirely on customer feedback , the Mimecast Secure Email Gateway was named a valuable player in the category , receiving a trScore of 8.7 out of 10 .
According to Mimecast ’ s State of Email Security 2020 Report , 60 % of organizations expect to suffer from an email-borne attack in the coming year . Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is a cloud-based solution that is designed to use sophisticated , multiple detection engines and intelligence to protect organizations and employees from spearphishing , malware , spam and zero-day attacks .
Customers often cite Mimecast ’ s reliability and ease-of-use as a top differentiator .
“ More than 38,000 organizations rely on Mimecast to keep their employees and data safe , their success is at the heart of everything we do . We like to think that our team is an extension of their team ,” said Heather Bentley , Senior Vice President of Customer Success and Support .
“ This award is a reflection that the work we do to keep employees and data safe is working . We take pride in the teams ’ dedication to continue to strengthen customers ’ cyber-resilience strategies .”
Heather Bentley , Senior Vice President of Customer Success and Support

Auth0 , the identity platform for application teams , has launched Bot Detection , a new security feature that reduces the effectiveness of a credential stuffing attack by as much as 85 %, with minimal impact on user experience .

Bot Detection is a powerful addition to the company ’ s expanding security portfolio , and works in tandem with Auth0 Breached Password Detection , Brute Force Protection and Multifactor Authentication , to provide extensive mitigation against a variety of sophisticated threats , including automated attacks , account takeovers and phishing attacks .
Credential stuffing attacks often rely on stolen account credentials ( username and password ) from a previous data breach and are used to gain unauthorized access to user accounts on another website .
This is executed via large-scale botdriven attacks against the login flow and is an increasingly pervasive problem for enterprises .
“ We ’ ve seen an increase in the volume and sophistication of bot attacks over the last few years , and companies are investing more in their defenses ,” said Matias Woloski , CTO and Co-founder at Auth0 .
“ Being at the front door of applications with a service that secures more than 4.5 billion login transactions per month , we have a unique vantage point for quickly identifying and blocking suspicious activity before any damage is done .
“ This is what makes Bot Detection very effective at preventing account takeover and reducing the load on DevOps and SecOps teams .” •
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