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NEWS

Mimecast opens office in Singapore to continue expansion in APAC

For Mimecast , south-east Asia is a focused strategic growth market . Organizations in this region are experiencing rapid Digital Transformation and as cybercrime becomes a growing concern for governments and businesses alike , cybersecurity needs to be a core component in their transformation journeys . In his new role , Hsu will report directly to Nick Lennon , Vice President APAC , Mimecast , and will be responsible for building teams to help drive product revenues , increase adoption of Mimecast ’ s cloud-based solutions and enhance customer success .

Email security and cyber-resilience company , Mimecast , has announced it is continuing its expansion in APAC by establishing an office in Singapore as a regional hub for focusing on south-east Asia .

The company has appointed Stanley Hsu as its Regional Vice President , to help improve the cybersecurity posture of organizations and supply chains , in this expansion in the APAC region .
Mimecast is in a strong position to serve the businesses of APAC , with its global , leading email security and resilience solutions . The company supports tens of thousands of organizations globally , including more than 20,000 customers , who require resilience solutions for Microsoft 365 and other email solutions .

CrowdStrike and Mandiant form partnership to protect organizations against cyberthreats

CrowdStrike , a leader in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints , cloud workloads , identity and data , and Mandiant , have announced a strategic partnership that will help joint customers investigate , remediate and defend against increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity events that plague organizations globally .

As part of the collaboration , Mandiant will utilize the CrowdStrike Falcon platform and subscription offerings for its incident response ( IR ) services and proactive consulting engagements for joint customers . Further , the Mandiant Managed Defense offering intends to include support for customers leveraging the Falcon platform later this year .
As two of the most respected leaders in the cybersecurity industry , CrowdStrike and Mandiant share a common mission to stop breaches and put customers ’ needs first . Both companies have long operated under the practice that in order to defend against tenacious cyber adversaries , there must be a combination of cutting-edge products and elite cybersecurity experts . Because of this , both companies have embraced an open and collaborative approach with high caliber partners and technologies to provide organizations superior protection . “ Today ’ s complex threat environment calls for a collaborative approach that brings together industryleading technologies and world class teams to build the strongest defense for customers , which is exactly what this partnership is about ,” said George Kurtz , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CrowdStrike . p
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