Barracuda Essentials for Email Security selected to protect nationwide healthcare services provider

We are pleased to announce that MHM Services, Inc has adopted Barracuda Essentials to protect their email infrastructure and their end users from advanced threats.  You can read the full press release here.

MHM Services, Inc.

MHM Services, Inc., is a national provider healthcare services to state and local governments.  They employ more than 7,000 clinical, managerial, and administrative professionals, and serve more than 330,000 individuals in 300 facilities nationwide.  With this many employees and clients, they are a rich target for cyberattack.

Several reports have predicted that attacks against the healthcare industry will continue to grow, and this is especially true in the case of ransomware.   Healthcare, more than any other industry, is considered a profitable target because providers are considered more likely to pay.  And another factor is contributing to the rise in ransomware attacks against healthcare providers too.  The stolen medical record has historically been a very lucrative piece of information to sell on the dark web.  Last year, the price of medical records dropped to between $1.50 -  $10 each, in part because so many criminals are turning to ransomware.  Attackers are just likely to make more money collecting ransom than by using stolen medical records for fraudulent billing or identity theft. 

Because MHM is charged with the protection of critical patient and employee data, management was concerned about the risk of ransomware and other threats.  The press release here has all the details on why they chose Barracuda Essentials, but put simply, it looks like this: 

 

MHM Need	Barracuda Solution
Defense against ransomware, phishing attacks, and other threats	Barracuda Essentials with Advanced Threat Protection provides comprehensive protection against known and unknown threats
Simplify the network and reduce the number of vendors and platforms	Deploy email security, archiving, and backup, with a single vendor and single point of management
Reduce the cost of compliance-driven storage and archiving	Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service is a cost effective solution and is deployed as part of Essentials
Maintain the capabilities of eDiscovery, legal holds, and other compliance related procedures	Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service is designed to meet the demands of regulatory compliance
Simplicity and central management	MHM was already using Barracuda Cloud Control to manage backup, so there was minimal learning curve when adding Essentials

 

Barracuda Essentials

Barracuda Essentials for Email Security (Essentials) is a comprehensive, scalable and affordable multi-layer security and archiving solution.  The solution can protect email infrastructures whether they are on-premises or in the public cloud. 

 

Essentials provides Advanced Threat Protection, Agentless Email Encryption, Email Continuity, and many more features to comprehensively protect the organization's email infrastructure.  To learn more about Barracuda Essentials for Email Security, visit our website here.  To learn about how Barracuda solutions can protect an Office 365 deployment, visit our corporate site here.