SECURITY
NEWS
Stephan Berner, CEO
at Help AG
Jeff Ogden, GM
Mimecast Middle East
Help AG partners with Mimecast to help address
email security threats
R
ecognising the growing popularity of
cloud-based email platforms such as
Office 365 and Google Apps in the region,
Help AG, a leading information security
services, consultancy and solutions provider
in the Middle East, has signed a reseller
agreement with Mimecast.
The channel partnership is designed
to enable Help AG to offer the vendor’s
leading email risk management and data
security solutions to businesses via a single,
integrated subscription service.
In the 2018 edition of its annual The
State of Email Security report, Mimecast
highlighted that 59% of organisations will
suffer a negative business impact from an
email-borne attack this year.
“Adding Mimecast’s powerful solutions to
our portfolio enables us to comprehensively
strengthen the email protection we deliver
to our customers,” said Stephan Berner, Chief
Executive Officer at Help AG. “It also enables
us to help customers achieve availability and
reliability of email as they migrate critical
data and applications to the cloud.”
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Mimecast reduces the risk, complexity
and cost associated with business email
for more than 31,300 customers and their
millions of employees worldwide through
next-generation cloud-based security,
archiving and continuity services.
The company’s solutions are designed to
enable seamless availability of cloud email
services such as Office 365.
In the age of cloud, Mimecast
needed a trusted channel partner
to design, deploy and integrate our
solutions into the environments of
different organisations.
“In April this year, Office 365 experienced
six hours of downtime but businesses
activating Mimecast continuity were able
to retain essential email functionality,
thereby shielding them from the potential
loss of productivity. As organisations in the
region increasingly shed their concerns and
embrace cloud services, having a reliable
continuity service will be fundamental to
the smooth operation of any business,”
explained Berner.
“In the age of cloud, Mimecast needed a
trusted channel partner to design, deploy and
integrate our solutions into the environments
of different organisations,” added Jeff Ogden,
General Manager Mimecast Middle East.
“From the onset, Help AG has shown a deep
understanding of Mimecast and the value it
can bring to customers.”
Help AG has invested heavily in training
and certifications to ensure deep technical
and sales knowledge. In addition to offering
consultancy, implementation and support
services for all solutions within Mimecast’s
portfolio, the reseller will use the vendor’s
solutions in its own Cyber Security
Operations Centre (CSOC) to enhance
the threat detection and remediation
capabilities of its Managed Security
Services (MSS) offering.
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