Introduction
Challenges
Challenges facing the construction industry
Recent Mimecast research finds that over 80% of construction organizations believe they are likely to suffer a negative business impact from an email-borne attack. With large numbers of sub-contractors and high value projects, the opportunity for impersonation attacks is high. Building architectural plans and schematics are also frequent targets. And with a large percentage of employees at work sites or visiting customers, a pervasive security solution must provide anywhere, any device protection.
In an industry where customer service, consistent communication, and reputation are key differentiators, system downtime and brand damage are not options. Employees need access to email archives and the confidence that customer communications will go through no matter what happens.
Solutions
The Mimecast Solution
Mimecast provides the Construction and Engineering industry with pervasive email security. With advanced email security at, inside, and beyond your perimeter, Mimecast keeps impersonation, ransomware and other threats like spear-phishing from damaging your organization's users, customers, and brand. Email continuity keeps employees in the field and customer service staff sending and receiving email, even in the event of a disruption of your primary mail server. And with an independent archive and fast recovery tools, important construction communications can be retained, identified and purged when necessary.
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Pervasive security at, inside, and beyond your perimeter.
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Prevent email-borne spear-phishing, ransomware, impersonation and other advanced attacks.
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Reduce cyber risk by improving security awareness.
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Eliminate the impact of email outages to maintain productivity.
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Encrypt mail messages and share attachments securely.
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Simplify archiving, data protection and e-discovery.
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Support regulatory compliance regimes.
Industry Challenges
How we've helped different industries
Protect your vendors and supply chain from phishing, ransomware, brand impersonation and more.
Engineering and construction companies can be at risk for cyberattack due to their knowledge of physical security while being underprepared for cybersecurity. See how Mimecast services can mitigate your cyber risk.
Ransomware
Protect yourself and your employees against ransomware attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions.
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Protect yourself and your employees from insider threats with Mimecast's internal email protection solutions.
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Construction and property IT leaders that have seen greater volume of email-borne threats:
Organizations impacted by a ransomware attack, but only some recovered their data
Organization with infected email attachments shared among employees:
76%
77%
40%
Construction and property IT leaders that have seen greater volume of email-borne threats:
76%
Organizations impacted by a ransomware attack, but only some recovered their data
77%
Organization with infected email attachments shared among employees:
40%
Achieve cyber resilience by blocking threats that can lead to brand impersonation, ransomware, patient data breaches, and more.
With multiple detection technologies and more than 50 integrated detection engines, a Mimecast secure email gateway provides best-in-class security for healthcare emails and attachments. It also produces low time-to-protection against new threats. And, empower clinicians and staff to be your first line of cyber defense with integrated cybersecurity awareness training.
Brand Impersonation
Protect your customers, partners, organization, and brand with Mimecast’s brand protection solutions, which prevents malicious actors from impersonating your email domains and digital presence.
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Protect yourself and your employees against ransomware attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions.
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Healthcare institutions whose compliance was compromised by an attack:
Institutions that worry about their employees’ password hygiene:
Institutions hit by an attack that spread from a single infected user:
37%
83%
89%
Healthcare institutions whose compliance was compromised by an attack:
37%
Institutions that worry about their employees’ password hygiene:
83%
Institutions hit by an attack that spread from a single infected user:
89%
Secure your email, and your clients’ email, with best in class security provided by a Mimecast secure email gateway.
With customer data under attack, reputation at risk, and compliance mandates to meet, the financial services industry must rise to the occasion with cyber resilience strategies to keep this important data secure.
Governance, Risk And Compliance (GRC)
Mimecast's governance, risk and compliance services provide solutions that offer data management and protection. Schedule GRC solutions demo today.
Learn MoreEmail Security
Looking for the strongest possible protection for the top attack vector? Mimecast email security services help protect you against spam, phishing, ransomware, and targeted email attacks.
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Financial firms that say an email attack would negatively impact their business:
Firms that face a growing volume of attacks:
Firms that rank naïve employees among their top security challenges:
80%
3 in 4
38%
Financial firms that say an email attack would negatively impact their business:
80%
Firms that face a growing volume of attacks:
3 in 4
Firms that rank naïve employees among their top security challenges:
38%
Unlock the power of your manufacturing data while keeping your organization secure.
Manufacturing firms are at heightened risk of cyberattack due to valuable data. Learn how Mimecast solutions can keep your business secure.
Internal Threat Management
Protect yourself and your employees from insider threats with Mimecast's internal email protection solutions.
Learn MoreSpear Phishing Protection
Spear-Phishing emails are targeted towards stealing important information. Protect against spear-phishing attacks with Mimecast's spear-phishing protection solutions!
Learn MoreKey Facts
Manufacturing firms that have faced significant impact from ransomware attacks:
Manufacturing firms are seeing an increase in phishing and spear phishing:
Email-based threats are increasing at manufacturing firms:
70%
79%
9 in 10
Manufacturing firms that have faced significant impact from ransomware attacks:
70%
Manufacturing firms are seeing an increase in phishing and spear phishing:
79%
Email-based threats are increasing at manufacturing firms:
9 in 10
Combat threats facing your organization, and protect critical infrastructure in the event of a cyberattack.
IT is at the forefront of cybersecurity, necessarily moving quickly and adopting new technology to protect businesses. Learn how Mimecast products can help.
Protect Against Impersonation Attacks
Protect yourself and your organization against email impersonation attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions for impersonation prevention.
Learn MoreRansomware
Protect yourself and your employees against ransomware attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions.
Learn MoreKey Facts
IT organizations that have reported increased volumes of email-borne threats:
IT organizations see higher levels of impersonation and business email compromise:
IT organizations have been significantly impacted by ransomware:
94%
3 in 4
79%
IT organizations that have reported increased volumes of email-borne threats:
94%
IT organizations see higher levels of impersonation and business email compromise:
3 in 4
IT organizations have been significantly impacted by ransomware:
79%
Don’t risk the repercussions that come with cyberattacks
Legal firms face attacks like phishing and business email compromise, and these attacks can be not only a financial burden but a reputational one as well. Legal firms must take steps toward cyber resilience to protect client and business data.
Ransomware
Protect yourself and your employees against ransomware attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions.
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Business email compromise refers to the increasing trend of sophisticated email impersonation attacks. Learn how to protect your business against email fraud.
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IT professionals in legal practices that believe they will suffer a negative business impact from an email-borne attack:
Legal practices have seen an increase in phishing:
Legal firms impacted by a ransomware attack:
86%
79%
87%
IT professionals in legal practices that believe they will suffer a negative business impact from an email-borne attack:
86%
Legal practices have seen an increase in phishing:
79%
Legal firms impacted by a ransomware attack:
87%
Educational institutions are the guardians of citizen data. Mimecast services can keep it that way.
Malicious emails, ransomware and phishing are on the rise, putting pressure on educational institutions to modernize security and train their teams to fend off increasingly sophisticated threats. Learn more about how Mimecast solutions can help.
Employee Cyber Awareness Training
Improve Employee Cybersecurity Behavior At Scale And Systematically Reduce Security Risk From Simple Human Error Mimecast Awareness Training helps reduce employee error and lower security risk by engaging employees effectively and our analytics identify employees who put your company in jeopardy.
Learn MoreRansomware
Protect yourself and your employees against ransomware attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions.
Learn MoreGovernment agencies are the guardians of citizen data. Mimecast services can keep it that way.
Malicious emails, ransomware and phishing are on the rise, putting pressure on the public sector to modernize security and train their teams to fend off increasingly sophisticated threats. Learn more about how Mimecast solutions can help.
Ransomware
Protect yourself and your employees against ransomware attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions.
Learn MoreInternal Threat Management
Protect yourself and your employees from insider threats with Mimecast's internal email protection solutions.
Learn MoreKey Facts
State and local governments that have faced ransomware attacks with severe consequences:
Phishing and spear phishing attempts are growing within state and local governments:
State and local governments are missing out on updates to existing cybersecurity solutions due to lack of budget:
68%
72%
48%
State and local governments that have faced ransomware attacks with severe consequences:
68%
Phishing and spear phishing attempts are growing within state and local governments:
72%
State and local governments are missing out on updates to existing cybersecurity solutions due to lack of budget:
48%
Local government institutions are the guardians of citizen data. Mimecast services can keep it that way.
Malicious emails, ransomware and phishing are on the rise, putting pressure on government and municipalities to modernize security and train employees to fend off increasingly sophisticated threats. Learn more about how Mimecast solutions can help.
Employee Cyber Awareness Training
Improve Employee Cybersecurity Behavior At Scale And Systematically Reduce Security Risk From Simple Human Error Mimecast Awareness Training helps reduce employee error and lower security risk by engaging employees effectively and our analytics identify employees who put your company in jeopardy.
Learn MoreRansomware
Protect yourself and your employees against ransomware attacks with Mimecast’s email security solutions.
Learn MoreKey Facts
Internal threats by compromised or careless employees is a growing public sector challenge:
Professionals in the public sector believe it is inevitable they will suffer the consequences of an email-borne attack:
Increasingly sophisticated attacks are the public sector's number one problem:
67%
71%
54%
Internal threats by compromised or careless employees is a growing public sector challenge:
67%
Professionals in the public sector believe it is inevitable they will suffer the consequences of an email-borne attack:
71%
Increasingly sophisticated attacks are the public sector's number one problem:
54%
The Impact of Ransomware
Stop ransomware attacks
Well-publicized ransomware attacks and variants that have specifically targeted the construction industry have proven successful at disrupting assembly lines and supply chains. Learn how Mimecast helps before, during and after an attack.
Secure Messaging
Share confidential information securely
Detect personal and sensitive information being sent externally and automatically apply encryption. Protect and share confidential information securely both internally and externally, while demonstrating best endeavors for GDPR.
Targeted Threat Protection
Spear-phishing and targeted threats
Email remains the most common entry point for attacks. Most gateway solutions stop spam and viruses, but fail to address spear-phishing, ransomware and targeted threats –some of the biggest challenges facing construction and engineering organizations today.
Archiving
Email archiving
Reduce the cost and complexity of data growth while meeting demands for retention, search and e-discovery. With Mimecast Sync and Recover, restoring email, personal folders, calendar and contacts has never been easier.
Email Continuity
A sound continuity strategy
Even the most secure, well-planned email systems go down. With Mimecast, immediate failover means email flow is not interrupted in the event of a mail server outage or planned maintenance. Mimecast keeps sending and receiving email, and gives employees access via Outlook, web, mobile and Mac when cloud, on-premises or hybrid email systems go down.
Regulatory Compliance
Supports regulatory compliance regimes
Regulatory compliance regimes like the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may be imposing and onerous, as organization determine the best way to institute controls to manage personal data in email, which include individual consent, subject access rights, the right to be forgotten, and data portability.
This can also be an opportune time to clean out old databases and collecting the right information with due consent, leading to better customer engagement.
Mimecast provides numerous ways to help simplify GDPR compliance.
Security Awareness
Change employee behavior to reduce security risk
Even the best employees can be maddeningly careless and resistant to change. Their casual mistakes can lead to disaster — and the cost can be staggering to your organization. Improve security culture with engaging content and advanced risk scoring.
Web Security
Block more threats
While the majority of cyberattacks continue to be delivered through email, 91% of malware uses the web – and specifically DNS – to function once it lands. When combined, email and web represent the initiation point for 99% of successful breaches.
Block activity initiated by user action or malware and access to inappropriate websites. Enhance protection with fully integrated web and email security.
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