Case Study: Maurice Blackburn Lawyers achieves robust ransomware protection and cloud email continuity with Mimecast

As Ransomware surges, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers puts Mimecast on the case

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, a major Australian law firm with about 1,100 staff in 32 offices, faced a rising tide of email-borne malware and several disruptive ransomware incidents that consumed IT time and forced time‑consuming system wipes and restores. The firm wanted stronger email security and a simpler, less storage‑intensive disaster‑recovery approach.

Maurice Blackburn implemented Mimecast’s cloud security, archiving and continuity services to centralise email protection and management. Mimecast’s targeted threat protection (URL and attachment blocking, impersonation and internal email protection), archiving and continuity cut malware incidents like Cryptolocker, freed IT to focus on other priorities, reduced on‑premise storage costs and improved business continuity and searchability for legal discovery.

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