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Mirapoint Defines Next-Generation Architecture for Email Security Edge Protection
Combined introduction of personal Junk Mail Manager,
RAPID Anti-Virus technology and MailHurdle appliance helps customers
to better address shifting security landscape
SUNNYVALE, CA., May 03, 2005 –
Mirapoint®, the messaging experts, today announced significant
enhancements to its award-winning line of RazorGate email security
appliances that helps customers address the evolving threat landscape
by deploying a next-generation, tiered architecture for edge protection.
The combined introduction of the new Mirapoint Junk Mail Manager,
RAPID Anti-Virus™ technology and MailHurdle appliance™ provides
customers with more complete, effective and manageable protection
to secure their number one application - email
- Junk Mail Manager works with any existing email server, including Microsoft Exchange, to provide uniquely flexible end-user controls for managing false-positives by keeping spam out of users' inboxes and quarantining unwanted traffic at the network edge.
- With hundreds of new viruses emerging each year, RAPID Anti-Virus
technology helps customers minimize their exposure and risk from
these malicious code threats during the critical first minutes
of an outbreak.
- For customers with an existing security investment, the MailHurdle appliance complements these solutions and intelligently stops up to 80% of spam and virus messages at an SMTP connection layer before valuable resources are wasted and traditional filtering techniques are applied.
Per-User Control with Junk Mail Manager
In a recent survey Mirapoint conducted in the United Kingdom, 66% of respondents said that legitimate email they should have received had been blocked by a spam filter – known as false-positives in the industry. While 51% of the respondents said time wasted was the most significant repercussion, 42% acknowledged having missed important deadlines as a result of lost messages. Junk Mail Manager leverages Mirapoint's expertise that spans the complete messaging lifecycle, including routing, storage, access and management. As one of the only vendors with a single box solution for junk mail management, Junk Mail Manager addresses the evolving spam landscape & false-positive factor with individual quarantine mailboxes deployed on the edge security appliance. This architectural approach reduces the load on the core mail server and network, thereby boosting overall performance and responsiveness of the message network. Junk Mail Manager helps manage storage and eases the administrative burden by integrating per-user controls like white/black lists and content filters, as well as automatic message aging to auto-expire quarantined email.
Designed to complement any existing mail server, Junk Mail Manager works with traditional desktop clients like Outlook or iNotes by delivering summary digests of quarantined messages directly to the inbox. Users can then view captured messages, as well as self-manage what ultimately gets delivered to their inbox. An intuitive web-based interface is also provided with Junk Mail Manager, so customers can securely log into their quarantine from any Internet browser and manage their email.
Real-Time Protection with RAPID Anti-Virus
Technology
To complement Mirapoint's existing signature-based approach to virus
filtering, the RAPID Anti-Virus technology adds an additional layer
of real-time protection. By using information collected on a global
basis from network probes to address emerging threats, RAPID Anti-Virus
helps customers identify viruses in minutes from ground zero of an
outbreak. In comparison, signature-based approaches alone often take
up to 24 hours to get updated before they start protecting an organization's
network from attack, which is often too late to affect the initial
peak in message volumes associated with an emerging virus propagating
in the wild. Rapid Anti-Virus is based on the Zero Hour Virus Protection
technology licensed from Commtouch.
"Commtouch is excited to expand its relationship with Mirapoint and enable a next-generation of real-time virus protection for its customers," said Gideon Mantel, CEO of Commtouch. "With the ever-growing and mutating virus threat, Commtouch has a unique approach with the Zero Hour Virus Protection technology for addressing outbreaks faster and more proactively than traditional anti-virus signatures."
Edge-Blocking with the MailHurdle Appliance
Customers using traditional analytic-based approaches alone for spam and virus filtering are wasting a significant amount of bandwidth, storage and administrator time when they let this unwanted traffic into their network before taking any action. Based on a special configuration of the RazorGate appliance, the MailHurdle appliance provides a first line of defense at the SMTP-layer to block and drop unwanted connections at the network edge. Already proven in real-world deployments like RSA Security, Cape Clear and California Polytechnic State University, this edge-blocking technique complements existing security investments and provides significant resource savings for any organization. "Our focus and expertise allows us to uniquely address the complete needs of building out next-generation message networks," said Barry Ariko, CEO and Chairman of Mirapoint. "By combining innovative technologies with a scalable architecture based on appliances, Mirapoint provides organizations of any size with more reliable email and durable security their businesses can depend on."
About Mirapoint Appliances
Mirapoint is the only vendor in the industry with proven email server
and security appliances for any size organization. Designed to complement
any email server, Mirapoint's RazorGate email security appliances
provide multi-layered protection at the network edge to block hackers,
spam, and virus threats, as well as provide advanced management
of message traffic through policy enforcement tools, content filters,
and detailed reporting. Mirapoint's Message Server is the industry's
only dedicated appliance that integrates email routing, storage,
access, and management with Mirapoint's comprehensive, multi-layered,
email security technology. The Message Server is designed to support
any enterprise, service provider, government, or education customer
trying to deliver email to a broad base of users that demand anytime,
anywhere access to carrier-grade email services.
Pricing & Availability
Available immediately, Junk Mail Manager requires Mirapoint Messaging
Operating System (MOS) version 3.6 and is available as part of the
anti-spam license. The RAPID Anti-Virus technology will be available
in beta release this summer and will be licensed on a per-user basis
with annual subscriptions for updates. Discounts are available on
multi-year and volume purchases. Junk Mail Manager and RAPID Anti-Virus
are available on Mirapoint's Message Server andRazorGate appliances.
The MailHurdle appliance is available immediately and is based on
a special configuration of the RazorGate email security appliance.
For more information, please contact Mirapoint at 1-800-937-8118
or info@mirapoint.com.
About Mirapoint
Founded in 1997, Mirapoint is the market leader in appliance-based solutions for secure message networks in enterprise, service provider, and education organizations, with more than 115 million mailboxes served and secured worldwide. Customers use Mirapoint appliances to build the messaging infrastructure that intelligently serves, secures and manages email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com.
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