Mimecast Acquires Code42 to Enhance Insider Threat Detection>
CIO Influence – GlobeNewswire
Mimecast, a leading global Human Risk Management (HRM) platform, has announced the acquisition of Code42, a leader in insider threat management and data loss prevention
This acquisition marks a critical step in Mimecast’s strategy to revolutionize how organizations manage and mitigate human-centered security risks
Key points:
1) Mimecast’s platform focuses on the critical moment of risk when a person opens their laptop, providing a connected approach that offers complete visibility and strategic insight across customers’ ecosystems.
2) Code42 provides market-leading insider threat management and data loss prevention capabilities native to the cloud, enabling companies to protect critical data from exposure, loss, leak, and theft while accelerating incident response times.
3) The acquisition will enable businesses to gain comprehensive visibility and strategic insight across the expanding attack surface.
4) Employee collaboration is at the heart of successful organizations today, and protecting organizations from data exfiltration requires enhanced visibility into risky user activities across email, collaboration platforms, web, cloud, and more.
5) The acquisition reinforces Mimecast’s strategy to solve for human risk through a recently unveiled connected HRM platform and Mimecast Engage human risk awareness & training offering.
6) Mimecast will continue to maintain and support the existing Code42 customer base, and Code42’s Incydr product is now available for sale to Mimecast customers, with capabilities to be integrated into the Mimecast platform over the coming months.
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