Mimecast Advanced Email Security
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What is Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Mimecast Advanced Email Security is a cloud-based secure email gateway and email security platform designed to protect organizations from phishing, malware, spam, and business email compromise. It is typically deployed by IT and security teams to secure inbound, outbound, and internal email flows for Microsoft 365 and other email environments. The product combines email threat detection, URL and attachment controls, and policy-based enforcement with centralized administration and reporting. It also integrates with broader Mimecast capabilities such as continuity and archiving depending on licensing.
Broad email threat coverage
The product provides layered controls for common email-borne threats, including spam, phishing, malware, and impersonation-style attacks. It supports policy-driven handling of URLs and attachments to reduce user exposure to malicious content. This breadth aligns with organizations that want a single email security control plane rather than multiple point tools.
Cloud deployment and integrations
Mimecast is delivered as a cloud service, which reduces the need to run and maintain on-premises email security infrastructure. It commonly integrates with Microsoft 365 and directory services for user and policy management. This model fits distributed environments where centralized enforcement and remote administration are required.
Centralized administration and reporting
The platform provides centralized policy management, quarantine workflows, and reporting for security operations and IT administrators. It supports role-based administration patterns that help separate helpdesk tasks from security administration. Reporting and message tracking features assist with investigations and operational troubleshooting.
Complexity and tuning effort
Secure email gateway deployments often require initial policy design, allow/deny list management, and ongoing tuning to balance detection with business email flow. Organizations may need time to calibrate false positives and user quarantine processes. This can be heavier than simpler, small-business-focused email filtering tools.
Feature set varies by license
Capabilities are typically packaged across multiple bundles and add-ons, and the exact controls available depend on the purchased edition. Buyers may need to validate which protections (for example, advanced URL/attachment controls, continuity, or archiving-related functions) are included. This can complicate comparisons and total cost planning.
Limited scope beyond email
While it can extend into adjacent areas (such as web-related protections depending on configuration), the core focus remains email security. Organizations seeking a unified platform that natively covers broader network, endpoint, and cloud access controls may still require additional products. This can increase integration and operational overhead in security stacks.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | Contact sales / Custom pricing | AI-powered BEC protection; Social graphing & dynamic bannering; On-click URL analysis; AI-powered QR code protection; Advanced attachment sandboxing & detection; Malware scanning; Spam filtering; Outbound & internal email scanning; Browser Isolation; Email Backup & Recovery; Email Continuity (Cloud Gateway); Secure send & large file transfer; AI protection for collaboration tools. |
| Advanced | Contact sales / Custom pricing | Enhances AI-powered email security and adds data protection; Includes AI-powered BEC protection; Social graphing & dynamic bannering; On-click URL analysis; QR code protection; Advanced attachment sandboxing; Malware scanning; Spam & content filtering; Browser Isolation; Email Backup & Recovery; Email Continuity; Secure send; Integrations for M365 & Google Workspace. |
| Premium | Contact sales / Custom pricing | Comprehensive protection across email and collaboration tools; All Advanced features plus expanded collaboration security, integrations and premium support/options. |
Notes: All three plans are shown on Mimecast's official "Plans" page and are listed with "Contact Sales" / "Custom pricing" rather than public list prices. The Advanced Email Security product pages direct users to "Get a Quote" for pricing and deployment options.
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