Former Mimecast Insiders.
Independent Expertise.
We built our careers inside Mimecast. Now we're here to help you get email security right, without the sales pressure.
Why We Founded Cydaura
We created Cydaura because we saw too many teams struggling with Mimecast implementations, migrations, and decommissions without the expert guidance they needed.
Mimecast's Professional Services are excellent, but they're also limited and overstretched. Only a select few customers each year get access to tailored help. That left hundreds of organisations navigating complex email security challenges alone.
As former Mimecast consultants, we knew we could change that. We'd spent years working inside the company, understanding the platform at the deepest level, and helping organisations of all sizes get secure email right. We knew the shortcuts, the common pitfalls, and what actually works in production.
Cydaura exists to make that expertise accessible. We believe better email security and Mimecast configurations should be the industry standard, not the exception. Whether you're optimising what you've got or planning what's next, we're here to help you get email security right, confidently and efficiently.
Independence That Puts You First
We're not here to sell licenses, hit quotas, or steer you towards renewals. We're here to help you make the most of the technology you already have, or make a confident move when the time is right.
As an independent consultancy, we put your objectives first. That means honest conversations, practical advice, and solutions tailored to your environment, not someone else's sales target.
Our advice is shaped by what works, not what sells. When we recommend staying with Mimecast, it's because it's the right choice for you. When we recommend moving on, it's for the same reason.
What Guides Us
These principles shape every engagement, every recommendation, and every conversation we have with clients.
Independence
We put your objectives first. No sales quotas, no license renewals, no agenda, just honest advice tailored to your needs.
Expertise
Our team built their careers inside Mimecast. We know the platform inside out, the shortcuts, the gotchas, and what actually works in production.
Practical Outcomes
We focus on results that matter to you, better security, smoother operations, confident migrations. Theory is fine, but execution is what counts.
Trust
We're the kind of team you can pick up the phone to. Approachable, experienced, and genuinely here to help, not to sell you something.
The Team Behind Cydaura
Our founders built their careers inside Mimecast, working with organisations across the globe. That experience, and the relationships we built along the way, is what makes Cydaura different.
Johan Dreyer
Founder & Managing Director
A former Field CTO at Mimecast, Johan worked with organisations of all sizes across the world to help them get secure email right. He brings deep technical expertise, broad strategic insight, and a commitment to making the complex understandable.
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Abner Almeida
Founder & Principal Consultant
As a Solutions Architect at Mimecast, Abner led some of the most challenging delivery projects in the company, like the zero-downtime merger and overnight rebrand of two major global enterprises. He brings a cool head and sharp eye for technical detail.
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We're the only consultancy fully focused on Mimecast, with a team made entirely of former Mimecast technical specialists. That means you get:
Deep Platform Knowledge
From working inside Mimecast
Hundreds of Engagements
Practical experience from real-world projects
Inside Knowledge
Direct understanding of how things work behind the scenes
Trusted Advice
Shaped by what works, not what sells
We work with organisations of all sizes, across all sectors, whether you're just getting started with Mimecast or have been running it for years and need to optimise, migrate, or decommission.
A Trusted, Human Approach
We're proud to be the kind of team you can pick up the phone to. Approachable, experienced, and genuinely here to help, not to sell you something.
Let's have a conversation about where you are, where you want to be, and how we can help get you there.
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