Microsoft Entra ID

Identity Risk to Human Risk

By integrating Mimecast with Microsoft Entra, organizations obtain enhanced risk visibility by associating risky identity interactions with specific users to contribute to Attack Factor metrics.

Solution Overview

1. Mimecast periodically obtains identity based risks alerts and incidents from Microsoft Entra.
   
   
2. Each identity based event is associated with a user and updates organization and individual identity in Attack Factor.
   
   
3. Users whose risky behaviors need improvement can be sent behavioral nudges or additional training.

Mimecast + Entra ID use cases

• Streamlined User Access Management

  Mimecast’s Human Risk Dashboard surfaces your organization’s riskiest employees through extensive analysis of identity risks, email behavior, phishing attack data, and security awareness metrics. By centralizing multiple risk signals around the individual, Mimecast Engage enables you to better understand and respond to the real risk facing your employees.

• Enhanced Security Protocols

  Mimecast Engage operationalizes risk signals from the Mimecast platform to deliver an array of behavioral nudges. This just-in-time, micro-learning approach equips you to train smarter and limit the amount of training for the rest of your organization.

• Automated Compliance Reporting
  • Mimecast Engage configures and deploys in minutes with the help of an interactive first-time setup experience
    
    
  • Following initial setup, the platform launches a highly automated 12-month program
    
    
  • Awareness Training automatically integrates with Mimecast Email Security, no additional setup required

Key benefits

1. Improved User Experience

   Simplifies access for users by enabling Single Sign-On between Entra ID and Mimecast. This means users can log in once and gain access to both platforms without needing to remember multiple passwords.

2. Comprehensive visibility

   By leveraging Entra ID's security features, such as Multi-Factor Authentication, organizations can significantly strengthen their security posture. This added layer of protection helps safeguard sensitive information within Mimecast.

3. Increased Efficiency

   Automating user management processes reduces administrative workload. For example, new user accounts can be created and managed across both systems automatically, streamlining onboarding and minimizing errors.