Case Study: Moorabool Shire Council achieves substantial reduction in phishing and ransomware risk with Mimecast S1

Moorabool Shire Council - Customer Case Study

Moorabool Shire Council is a fast‑growing semi‑rural municipality between Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat that delivers over 50 services and handles sensitive resident data (maternal and aged care, kindergarten records, payment details). Facing rising targeted email threats—spear‑phishing, impersonation, ransomware, compromised credentials—and having experienced prior incidents (including a notifiable data breach), the council needed an additional security layer to protect its Microsoft 365 environment and reduce risk to service delivery and resident data.

The council deployed Mimecast S1 to augment Office 365, providing URL, attachment, impersonation and ransomware protection. The solution integrated seamlessly with the cloud stack and immediately cut phishing and whaling incidents, reducing staff security reports from a few per month to almost zero and significantly improving overall email security and trust.

Moorabool Shire Council

Lalitha Koya

ICT Manager