Multiple-language message processing and filtering capacity
ideal for large organisations
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses from spam and
viruses, today announced the release of its consolidated anti-spam
and anti-virus solution, PureMessage 4.5. Specifically designed to
meet the requirements of large organisations, PureMessage combines
Sophos's industry-leading virus and spam protection, filtering
millions of messages per day. This unprecedented scalability, plus
its multiple-language message processing, makes PureMessage ideally
suited for organisations with multiple-server deployments.
In a recent Sophos poll of over 4,400 companies*, 89.4% of
respondents representing large companies indicated that employers
have a duty to protect their staff from unsolicited, offensive
email. With a growing reliance on email, companies are increasingly
finding that a scalable anti-spam solution, that is
easy-to-administer, is required.
Integrating with enterprise-class email systems, PureMessage is
a centrally managed anti-virus and anti-spam solution, enabling
network managers to deploy company-wide messaging policies quickly
and easily.
"Integrated messaging security is more critical than ever. The
need to protect inbound and outbound communication spans the
organization, with issues ranging from productivity loss and
resource consumption to regulatory compliance and liability
exposure," said Christian Christiansen, program vice president
security products and infrastructure, IDC. "PureMessage's ability
to accurately scan substantial volumes of email and other messaging
applications for confidential data, inappropriate content,
intellectual property, malicious code, and unsolicited email
delivers the range of capabilities necessary for securing the
enterprise."
With flexible spam handling options, PureMessage offers
companies greater control of their email traffic. It enables
individual organisations to set various actions based on the
likelihood that messages are spam, including marking, deleting,
quarantining and delivering messages. In addition to centrally
managed email filtering, this new release of PureMessage allows
end-users to play an active role in the monitoring of their
individual messages. Optional interfaces facilitate personal
filtering preferences, and end-users have real-time access to their
quarantined messages.
"PureMessage fuses together anti-spam, anti-virus and policy
enforcement technology in one centrally managed solution, making
email monitoring and management for large enterprises simpler",
said Mike Scott, Network Manager at James Paget Healthcare NHS
Trust. "It offers multiple-language message processing and user
interfaces which can be easily localised. As it is scalable to
handle millions of messages each day, it's ideal for the diverse
needs of large businesses globally."
PureMessage's proprietary anti-spam technology performs
- content scanning to defend against spam messages that are
disguised as legitimate email
- message analysis to look for thousands of spam indicators, such
as genotype campaign analysis and structure heuristics
- asset tracking to evaluate message source and destination
locations for spammer activity.
In addition, PureMessage scans all inbound and outbound email
traffic at the gateway for viruses, Trojans and other malicious
code.
"The spam problem is bigger than ever. Spammers are adopting new
techniques, ensuring spam bypasses traditional filters." said Gary
Thomassen, head of product management at Sophos. "Sophos's new
PureMessage solution helps overcome these problems by delivering
advanced spam protection, ideally suited for the corporate
enterprise."
For more information, visit: www.sophos.com/products/pm
* Web survey of 4,400 businesses conducted by
Sophos, February 2004.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.