Cloud Email Security : When it comes to managing security tools, IT security admins can find that their recently executed email security solutions or inherited legacy solutions are not as innovative or useful as they expected. The reason? They can present unexpected complexity, need more hands-on management, or worse, the customer may feel as though the solution’s capabilities were inflated at the time of purchase, or in the case of inherited legacy solutions, do not perform as effectively as needed. In both cases, associations are faced with a tough choice: keep their existing solution and hope for the most useful, which can be much more comfortable, or seek out and execute a new solution that can deliver more innovative and effective components.

While it’s more useful for overall email and union security in the long term, the harder road often stays in the short term. IT and security organizations can simultaneously be impacted by increased costs while maintaining two solutions at once and a tough transition that requires many of their critical resources.

While there can be a laundry list of development deficiencies to consider when considering enforced security solutions, here are key red flags to watch for:

IT teams are spending more time managing technology than working

Cloud Email Security : There was a rush to implement the current solution, but now, there are security gaps and no time to fix performance issues. For instance, IT admins shouldn’t discover after a period of use that their solution is weak in crucial areas such as phishing security or business email center. 

Product updates are disruptive and sometimes slow, resulting in vulnerability to risk and attack. Cybersecurity must enhance business operations, not hinder it. 

On-premises deployments that were touted to be safer by vendors have created more risk. 

The vendor covered up poor capabilities, especially limitations in the email security solution’s ability to scale. For example, if the email security product they purchased does not integrate as easily as promised with other tools, it can impede the security team’s scalability and innovation. 

Vendors touted continual innovation during the sales process, but their actual innovation is limited or focused on their biggest customers. Worse yet, some vendors don’t even focus on email or are in the process of leaving the email security market. Companies should strive for agents that are experts in best practice performance and have proven effectiveness in lowering risk and time spent managing email. Their solution should block all email-based threats with AI-powered, industry-leading detection that is trusted by thousands of clients. Their platform should always be on and be 100% cloud-based with no updates, patches, or management crises. IT and security teams should also seek out a vendor that is continuing to invest in email security.

IT and security admins should never feel as if their solution’s original implementation was managed poorly. They should never spend more time managing technology than doing their actual job.

Cloud Email Security : Mimecast understands the challenges organizations can face when needing to transition to a new cybersecurity solution that is more innovative and is stepping in to help organizations overcome those challenges. Email security is just so critical that we are willing to lend a hand when it comes to transition expenses. Organizations that are ready to take advantage of Mimecast’s Bridge Program should reach out today. Contact us at Green Edge Computers to know more.