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Affinity Credit Union Turns to Mimecast to Stave Off Increasing Volume of Phishing Attacks

Affinity Credit Union Turns to Mimecast to Stave Off Increasing Volume of Phishing Attacks

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www.mimecast.com | ©2020 Mimecast | All Rights Reserved | GL-1715 1 Case Study Affinity Credit Union Turns to Mimecast to Stave Off Increasing Volume of Phishing Attacks Problem As the volume of phishing attacks against Affinity Credit Union grew, EVP andCIO Michael Elchuk knew he had to make a change. The company’s two on-premises email security appliances were not up to the task of staving off increasingly sophisticated phishing techniques. His IT team was spending hours per week on manual workarounds and interventions, and blocking more than was necessary, creating false positives – which led to more support tickets and more manual work. “We were doing a lot of one-off hacks,” he recalls. “And that shouldn’t be the case.” Solution Elchuk consulted with Gartner, and

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