Following a virus outbreak, a federal government agency started to evaluate gateway virus protection products to complement their desktop solution. They chose PureMessage (part of Email Security and Control) to protect their network.
Fact file
| Sector: |
Government |
| Location: |
US |
| Environment: |
4,000 users receive 50,000 emails per day through Windows and UNIX servers |
| Solution: |
PureMessage, part of Email Security and Control |
Business challenge
- The agency had antivirus protection deployed at the desktop, but experienced a virus outbreak on their network that propagated via email. The IT team discovered that the source of the virus was a remote dial-up user. Luckily, no substantial damage was done to the infected systems, but they needed to dedicate valuable time and resources to identify these systems and eradicate the virus.
Technology solution
- PureMessage's policy management capabilities allow IT professionals to implement policy controls, and the central server management feature that enables the team to manage multiple servers via a single management console.
- PureMessage was quick and easy to install and seamlessly integrated with their existing infrastructure.
- The agency's IT team also liked PureMessage's automated process for downloading virus updates along with the frequency of the updates.
- PureMessage successfully protects global organizations against both spam and viruses in multiple language message streams, and they did not experience a high false positive rate.
Business results
- Since implementing PureMessage at the gateway, the agency has not received a single virus. Furthermore, although the addition of their anti-spam solution is recent, the amount of spam received by the end users has decreased significantly with virtually zero false positives.