{"id":13777,"date":"2019-07-30T05:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T05:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=13777"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:28:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:28:34","slug":"mimecast-launches-new-cyber-alliance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/security\/mimecast-launches-new-cyber-alliance-program.html","title":{"rendered":"Mimecast Launches New Cyber Alliance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mimecast launched a brand new program that will bring cyber software vendors in the SIEM, SOAR, firewall, threat intelligence and endpoint-security space together\u00a0to share data about threats, malicious code and attack vectors and create additional protection for customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news comes two months after the company’s e-mail security report. We broke the news <\/a>then that breaches are costing more, happening more often and few, if any have learned their lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new Cyber Alliance Program from this leading email and data security company is based on the premise that sharing data about threats, malicious code and attack vectors among cyber vendors helps strengthen products and creates additional protection for the customer \u2013 helping each product become more effective and allowing for customers to be more cyber resilient.\u00a0 The program is open to select technology companies offering security and cyber resilience products that meet the program criteria and that are interested in integrating their technology into Mimecast\u2019s platform using open APIs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOrganizations are often strapped from a\nresource and budget perspective, yet, IT admins are still responsible for processing\nand responding to alerts, all while managing a variety of disparate security\nsolutions. Automation through interaction with Mimecast APIs helps streamline\nand simplify these efforts as they bolster cyber resilience,\u201d said Christina\nVan Houten, chief strategy officer at Mimecast. \u201cThe goal of creating the Cyber\nAlliance Program is to provide an ecosystem of like-minded vendors who want to\nhelp customers efficiently and effectively protect their infrastructures,\nhelping organizations build a more cyber resilient world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customers can now benefit from the Cyber Alliance Program by maximizing their\ncurrent or planned investments, reducing administration time, and immediately gaining\ndeeper insights into today\u2019s advanced threats. Cyber Alliance Partners can now\nwork more effectively with Mimecast on integrations by accessing APIs and conducting\nimpactful joint go-to-market initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMimecast’s Cybersecurity\nAlliance Program is a great example of how vendors should be working together\nfor the greater good of their customers,\u201d said Dave Schwartz, area vice\npresident, AMER alliances and channels at Splunk. \u201cSplunk\u2019s mission is to make\nmachine data accessible, usable and valuable for everyone. Our partnership with\nMimecast adds a new layer of context for correlation, which ultimately delivers\na greater level of operational intelligence across organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUsing the Mimecast API to correlate email and firewall data in Splunk\nmeans we can see and respond to incidents faster and improve overall detection\nrates,\u201d said Bob Francis, vice president and CIO of\nSteel Dynamics<\/a>. \u201cWe plan to automate our incident response playbooks by\nfurther integrating Mimecast [with our ticketing system] to update policies \u2013\nblocking senders, IPs and domains for example.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mimecast Cyber Alliance Program is\ndesigned to offer customers and partners additional benefits including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n