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CUSHMAN AND WAKEFIELD LOCKS DOWN PRIME REAL ESTATE WITH MIMECAST EMAIL PROTECTION
Email is a prime method of communication for organisations and is therefore a key area of focus for cybersecurity teams . Erik Hart , Chief Information Security Officer at Cushman and Wakefield , explains how the company relies on Mimecast to protect its email systems and for information security innovation . ushman and
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Wakefield , a global commercial real estate services firm with approximately 50,000 employees in over 400 offices and 60 countries , required a solution that would protect malicious emails from being delivered , remain scalable and fit the company ’ s ‘ cloud-first ’ vision .
“ We don ’ t want the burden of managing servers ,” said Erik Hart , Chief Information Security Officer at Cushman and Wakefield . “ If you grow or shrink – you ’ re stuck with that same infrastructure , which may not always be what you need .”
With email being the global commercial real estate company ’ s primary form of communication , it must be protected at all costs . “ Email presents the largest risk for threats like phishing , and with more people working remotely than ever before , it ’ s even more critical to protect our email communications ,” said Hart . “ That ’ s why we turned to Mimecast .”
Customer vision
Hart ’ s information security team required a solution that would go a step further than just monitoring email . “ We needed a way to make sure good emails get delivered and bad emails don ’ t hit an employee ’ s inbox ,” said Chan Amarasingha , Cushman and Wakefield ’ s Platform Architect for Messaging .
On-demand support is critical . “ Our global platform is often changing through mergers and acquisitions . We need partners that can scale with us and stay flexible – that are just a phone call away whenever we have to add users to the system ,” said Hart .
Customer strategy
Once Cushman and Wakefield ’ s information security team members looked into Mimecast , they knew they
Erik Hart , Chief Information Security Officer at Cushman and Wakefield had a match for their cloud-first vision . “ Mimecast just fits right in . You really manage it more towards IT applications and service offerings , not the hardware behind it ,” said Hart .
The Cushman and Wakefield team uses a combination of Mimecast products to meet its information security needs , including an Application Programming Interface ( API ) to assist in onboarding and offboarding employees , and Internal Email Protect ( IEP ). “ Mimecast IEP provides a quick way to identify a suspicious email and delete it ,” said www . intelligentciso . com
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