Advanced Security
Defending against cyber threats requires an ever-vigilant security posture, so optimizing the tools and resources at your disposal is essential. Join these sessions to learn the latest strategies for protecting against sophisticated attacks, hear best practices from third-party experts and peers, and get a comprehensive view of Mimecast’s extended solution suite. We’ll also cover persistent challenges like combatting human error, addressing multi-vector attacks, and making threat intelligence both consumable and actionable.
- Actionable Threat Intelligence: Defeating Data Overload to Drive Smarter, Faster Decision-Making
Francis Gaffney, Mimecast; Josh Douglas, Mimecast
Threat intelligence data can be a powerful tool in your cybersecurity arsenal. The problem is there’s so darn much of it. How do you make it meaningful? Find out in this session. We’ll discuss the different types of threat intelligence, how they can (and cannot) help you, and strategies for maximizing their value. You’ll also learn more about Mimecast Threat intelligence, designed to be contextual, easily consumed, and actionable.
- The Call is Coming from Inside the House: How to Detect and Remediate Internal Threats
Steve Malone, Mimecast; Matthew Gardiner, Mimecast
Most cybersecurity strategies focus on attacks trying to infiltrate an organization’s systems, but what about threats that start from the inside? Difficult to detect and particularly dangerous because employees’ defenses are lowered, they represent a risk that too often goes unaddressed. Join this session to learn how you can detect insider threats and even “rewind the clock” with Mimecast’s advanced remediation capabilities. You’ll leave with actionable strategies for keeping internal email – which represents two-thirds of most organizations’ mail flow – secure.
- From the Threat Intelligence Frontier: How the Mimecast S.A.F.E. Score Quantifies Employee Risk
Josh Douglas, Mimecast; Francis Gaffney, Mimecast
When it comes to security risk, not all employees are created equal, but how do you know where critical (and limited) resources are needed most? Join this session to learn about the new Mimecast S.A.F.E score – a personalized risk assessment for every employee and your organization as a whole. You’ll hear how real-world threat data, combined with Mimecast-driven insights around “connectedness”, attack vectors, and roles, can help you predict – and proactively protect – your most vulnerable end-users.
- It Wasn’t Me! How to Tackle the Misuse of Your Brand Online

Jules Martin, Mimecast; Dan Sloshberg, Mimecast
Elad Schulman, SegaSec
Dirk Jan Koekkoek, DMARC Analyzer
It’s not easy to build a strong brand; but unfortunately, it’s far too simple to do serious and lasting damage to one. How do you identify when and where your brand is being exploited? And how do you stop it? Join this session to learn how Mimecast has joined forces with SegaSec to shine a light into the dark corners of the infinite web and help you proactively protect one of your most important assets – your brand.
- Microsoft Office 365 and Mimecast: Reaping the Benefits of Cloud Without Increasing Risk

J. Peter Bruzzese, Mimecast; Noah Wallace, Shamrock Foods
Remember when Microsoft Exchange on-premises was the default option? Great email solution, a lot of gaps from a security and resilience standpoint. As migrations to Office 365 continue to grow, the hosting method may have changed, but the security challenges remain. Join this session for a deep-dive into how to reap the benefits of cloud without increasing your cybersecurity risk. We’ll discuss the limitations that exist with Office 365 alone and how Mimecast can help you stay one step ahead.
- The Mimecast Security Black Box: An In-Depth Look at the Technology, People, and Processes that Protect Your Organization
Lindsay Jack, Mimecast; Sebastian Degardin, Mimecast
Because of Mimecast’s cloud infrastructure, many of the analytic techniques and investigative processes we use to protect your organization are behind the scenes. In this session, we’ll pull back the curtain to give you a close-up view of the most current technologies in use, the different threat intelligence sources we use, and how we determine what new analytic techniques to adopt. You’ll also learn about the roles and responsibilities of the security experts whose sole focus is to keep you safe every day.
- A Year In the Life…The Latest Cyber Security Trends and Insights from More than 1000 of Your Peers

Dan Sloshberg, Mimecast
Kelvin Coleman, National Cyber Alliance
What were the key trends in attack strategies over the last year? Is impersonation still the go-to tactic? And how are your peers working to prevent and recover from attacks? Get insights and perspective from the front lines in this session that features Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Alliancec, and Dan Sloshberg, Senior Direct of Product Marketing for Mimecast, discussing findings from the 2019 State of Email Security report. They'll discuss inputs gathers from over 1,000 global IT decision makers and provide insights you can use to prioritize, plan, and act.
- How to Incorporate Cyber Insurance into Your Risk Management Program
Liz Limjuco, Marsh; Matthew Gardiner, Mimecast 
The cyber insurance market is predicated to underwrite $4B in premiums for 2019, and estimates point to the global market growing to more than $23B by 2025. Clearly, insurance has an important role to play in cyber risk management and reduction. The Cyber Catalyst program created by Marsh brings together participating insurers to spark improved approaches and outcomes in cyber risk management. In this session, Marsh will review the cyber insurance marketplace, discuss how cyber insurance can be part of your cyber risk management program, and provide an overview of the Cyber Catalyst program.
- Protecting Clicks Outside of Email -- The Challenge of Web Security
Jamie Fernandez, Mimecast; Aaron Miller, Republic Title
Shopping, researching, downloading, gaming, finding people, and seeing what’s happening in the world…we all love the web. And so do attackers. They use it to steal credentials, drop malware, steal data, and more. Protecting your employees from malicious and inappropriate web sites, whether they are on or off the corporate network, is getting more difficult. How can you keep your organization and employees safe without added complexity or breaking the bank? Join us to find out how Mimecast Web Security can help.
- Confronting Cyber Threats: Cybersecurity from the FBI's Perspective
Miguel A. Clarke, FBI 
The FBI's Cyber Division leads the United States' response to high-level intrusions. From Business Email Compromises to ransomware attacks, they have the job of bringing cybercriminals to justice, wherever they may be. An agent for the Cyber Division will review recent cyber threats and trends, discuss some best practices when collaborating with the FBI's Cyber Division, and discuss some of the tools and techniques they use to track and catch cybercriminals.
- Human Error – Not A Laughing Matter…Or Is It?
Get ready to laugh in this session featuring characters from Mimecast Awareness Training's award-winning videos. What are some of the most common mistakes employees make? And how can you prevent them? We can't think of a more entertaining way to find out than a little sketch comedy. We aren't entirely sure what's going to happen in this session (improv and all that). But it's a safe bet you'll leave more informed and even better, with a smile on your face.
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