Case Study: Athona Recruitment achieves protection from whaling attacks with Mimecast Impersonation Protect

Athona Recruitment Turns to Mimecast Impersonation Protect to Keep the Whalers at Bay

Athona Recruitment, a UK agency supplying staff to healthcare, nursing and education sectors, handles large volumes of sensitive personal data and relies heavily on email. After a sophisticated whaling (CEO fraud) attempt nearly succeeded—only a finance manager’s vigilance stopped an urgent fraudulent money transfer—the company needed stronger, low‑overhead email protection.

Athona deployed Mimecast Impersonation Protect (part of Targeted Threat Protection), which scans inbound mail for indicators such as display names, domains, keywords and reputation and is managed via a single policy. The service immediately blocked subsequent whaling attempts, produced no false positives, required no extra administration, and provided affordable, effective protection for Athona’s ~150 users.

Athona Recruitment

Michael Paul

IT Manager