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Redinet Ltd

Mimecast

Mimecast offer security services that provide proactive threat detection, brand protection, awareness training, and data retention capabilities that evolving workplaces need today.

Features

  • Email Security (Anti Virus, Anti Spam)
  • Internal Email Protection
  • URL, Attachment and Impersonation Protection
  • Brand Protection
  • Security Awareness Training
  • Email Continuity, Synchronisation and Recovery
  • Secure & Scalable Email Archiving
  • Aggregate DMARC reports for faster analysis and DMARC policy enforcement.

Benefits

  • 99 Year Archive Retention, Synchronised emails and folders
  • Email Backup and Recovery
  • Online Brand Protection
  • Detection and protection against advanced URLs, Attachment, and Impersonation threats.
  • Send Large Files and Secure Messages easily.
  • Recovery of individual emails, folders and entire mailboxes

Pricing

£0.31 to £1,722.35 a unit a month

  • Free trial available

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at mike.beeson@redinet.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

9 3 0 1 7 8 0 2 1 7 7 6 5 7 9

Contact

Redinet Ltd Mike Beeson
Telephone: 020 8249 7000
Email: mike.beeson@redinet.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
What software services is the service an extension to
Any application enabled compatible with SMTP routing.
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
Please refer to Mimcaster Central for further information https://community.mimecast.com/s/ on constrains with specific product lines
System requirements
  • A corporate, SMTP-based email system including Microsoft365
  • Internet Access

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes, at extra cost
Support response times
We target our service desk with a One-Hour valid first response. Our first response is based on an engineer responding with an action and not an automated response. Our support team are targeted on a number of Key Performance Indicators. We are committed to providing buyers with the highest level of support possible. Examples of these is, Telephone pickup KPI which is within 10 seconds and consistently averages at 93%, well above our target of 85%. First Response to Tickets within One-hour SLA averages at 97%, which is above our target of 94%. These are reviewed on a quarterly basis.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
None or don’t know
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Redinet offer support to fit the needs of our clients. Standard Business Hours are, Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. We also provide support outside of these hours (up to 24/7) to fit the needs of all business and can be tailored as required. Our SLA for first response is 1-hour for a valid response from an engineer who has been assigned to the ticket. Support package costs can be discussed on a per customer basis dependant on required levels
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
As we are a Mimecast MSP we would be required to help to deploy the services to buyers and provide training on how to manage the system.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
HTML
End-of-contract data extraction
We can export activity logs for the product into .csv format for the buyers. We can also provide account assessment reports to show usage.

If the service being used is for email archiving then we would need to request an export of any data that resides in the Mimecast Archive. There is a cost associated to the export of data which is dependent on the size of data.
End-of-contract process
After the initial term which is a minimum of 12 months. We have to give 30 days notice prior to the end of the term and then the service is switched offer. Before this MX records will need to be redirected to the new service. If data needs exporting this will happen within agreed timescales.

All customer data will then be deleted from the Mimecast Cloud Service.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Windows Phone
  • Other
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
None
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
It is an online portal used for managing policies and products. It can also be used to trace emails, restore email to mailbox or send secure email.
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
Single Web Based Administration console allowing access to all required controls and settings.
Accessibility testing
None
API
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Branding, various policies, settings, notifications, email signatures and disclaimers, authentication requirements options.

Scaling

Independence of resources
There are no resource performance issues due to other users using the service. Mimecast handle more than a billion connections to the service each day.
Mimecast are able to scale the systems as necessary to handle growing capacity.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
You can view details of emails blocked or rejected and why. Email tracking is available to see why emails have been blocked.
Reporting types
Real-time dashboards

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Mimecast

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
We can supply activity data via CSV or PDF for usage of the systems.

If data resides within the archives we would need to request data exportation from Mimecast and it would go in as a project to be completed. This is chargeable to the customer and this is detailed in the pricing sheet.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
.pst
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
.pst

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
The SLA is with the Vendor of the product and can be found here: https://assets.mimecast.com/api/public/content/ee26e8901c394925b931ad93969048b7?v=ae5a52ef
Approach to resilience
Services are spread across multiple datacentres to ensure resilience.
Outage reporting
Public Dashboard / Website announcements, Emails, Other communications including phone and text notification available as required.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
The management interface is granular in allowing access on a per user basis for predefined rights. Authorised users are allowed to log support queries.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
BSI Assurance UK Limited
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
27/01/2023
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
We made the decision to cover everything we do under our certificate. We don't cover other businesses with our accreditation.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
We have an Information Security Group that is responsible for running our ISO27001 accreditation.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
Formal change management process. If changes are requested to the infrastructure these would go through the project team to make sure that changes are thought about to avoid risk.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
We suggest using third party vulnerability cloud services to detect out of date software or end of life software. If a support contract is in place we would carry out patching within 14 days or a patch being released.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
We have MDR & threat hunting services but these are a separate service. We respond within an hour to isolate and mitigate.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
If there is a support contract in place with us users would be able to respond to incidents via our service desk and have incident management processes as part of our ISO27001 accreditation.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

Fighting climate change

As a business we have an environmental policy in place.

Covid-19 recovery

We have always been flexible with staff with working from home and since the Covid-19 pandemic we have increased the opportunity for flexible working. We give staff the freedom to ensure they can work from home as and when required.

We support local business with sponsorships to help the community around us.

Tackling economic inequality

We have run apprentice programs for students doing IT and Security courses at College. We also have continual improvement programs to continue to upskill internal staff with our strategic Vendor partnerships.

Equal opportunity

At Redinet we have an inclusion policy to ensure that we give as many people the right opportunity as possible.

Wellbeing

We regularly run charitable events and team building in conjunction with mental health initiatives. We have employee healthcare services in place that incorporates mental health and wellbeing services to be used.

Pricing

Price
£0.31 to £1,722.35 a unit a month
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
We do for Mimecast offer a Cloud Integrated product that allows us to bolt the email security services onto the Microsoft365 email system which allows us to create a 30 day report to show what could have been captured by Mimecast.

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at mike.beeson@redinet.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.