Spam is more than annoying solicitations, it can be very dangerous. Some spam messages may contain links to fraudulent web sites, may take the form of phishing attacks, or may contain malicious code. Secure Computing studies show that as much as 90 percent of all emails are spam, which can endanger your network and drain your productivity. Anti-spam technology is an important part of your security environment.
Because of the increased use of blended attacks that include deceptive spam emails, anti-spam technology has taken on much greater importance. Every security installation should include anti-spam technology.
Another common problem is the presence of zombie PCs. Spammers infiltrate your network and hijack your PCs, using them to send out millions of spam emails a day. Without appropriate anti-spam technology, your own network and domain could be used to send out spam, draining your bandwidth and damaging your reputation. Unfortunately, not all anti-spam technologies are effective against zombie attacks. Secure Computing's Unified Threat Management platform helps to prevent spammers from turning your network PCs into zombies.
Secure Computing addresses the need for anti-spam technology in several ways. Secure Computing's Secure Mail (IronMail) is a hardened gateway appliance that combines multiple best-of-breed technologies that are easy to install and manage, and provides the most accurate and effective protection available. Secure Mail (IronMail) neutralizes inbound threats that include spam, viruses and hacker attacks, as well as protects your organization from data leaks by preventing policy violations. Secure Web (Webwasher) also provides best-of-breed security, including URL filtering to prevent inappropriate web content, and anti-spam technology that combines multiple spam detection methods for the highest level of accuracy.
All Secure Computing appliances are integrated with TrustedSource® technology, an anti-spam environment that creates a dynamic reputation score for every single IP and domain worldwide. This scoring system creates an effective anti-spam environment that blocks almost all spam at the gateway, before it can even enter the network. In addition to increased effectiveness, the TrustedSource technology reputation system helps you manage your email volume, by identifying and blocking known bad IP addresses at the gateway.
Today's heightened level of threats demands an anti-spam technology that goes beyond that of single-point solutions. Secure Computing's multiple layers of anti-spam protection provide you with the protection you need.
For more information on Secure Computing's Secure Mail Anti-spam solutions and Secure Web Anti-spam solutions, please visit our Anti-spam pages.
Spam is more than annoying solicitations, it can be very dangerous. Some spam messages may contain links to fraudulent web sites, may take the form of phishing attacks, or may contain malicious code. Secure Computing studies show that as much as 90 percent of all emails are spam, which can endanger your network and drain your productivity. Anti-spam technology is an important part of your security environment.