- 43,552 impersonation attacks blocked: In a single 12-month period, Mimecast stopped 43,552 impersonation attempts, 18,073 malware attempts, and 1,902 phishing attempts using unsafe URLs or attachments.
- 6.9% of inbound email blocked as spam: Email filters have provided valuable spam protection while alerts and notifications augmented end-user awareness.
- Less IT firefighting: IT staff spend far less time addressing malware and email complaints, freeing them up for training and other proactive work.
As part of an e-government strategy launched amid COVID-19 lockdowns, the Limpopo provincial government set out to consolidate its 11 departments, each previously running its own website, email platform, and security setup, onto one common system. Victor Takalo, Director of ICT at the Limpopo Office of the Premier, led the search after consulting peers in other provinces, all of whom pointed him to Mimecast, including one colleague whose Mimecast continuity protection had kicked in seamlessly during a recent outage. "There's no better solution that we can use out there than Mimecast," Takalo said.
Limpopo deployed Mimecast's Secure Email Gateway, Mailbox Continuity, Sync & Recover, Large File Send, Awareness Training, Targeted Threat Protection, and DMARC Analyzer across nearly 11,000 government users. The rollout brought real relief to IT staff, who Takalo says used to field constant complaints about malware and email issues, and improved end-user behavior, with users now screenshotting suspicious messages for IT instead of clicking through. "Since we have had Mimecast, we no longer have calls on emails," Takalo says techs now tell him. "It has reduced quite a lot of work for them."
