Express Managed Solutions
E-mail Security
Helping Clients Reduce E-mail Security Risks
In today's connected world, e-mail is undeniably a critical business tool. But behind the convenience looms a real threat to the security of every business, be it small or large. E-mail can carry viruses, spam, pornographic material, and other harmful content that can seriously compromise an enterprise's ability to function – impacting employee productivity and, at worst, putting the entire organization at risk.
IBM Express Managed Security Services for e-mail security is part of the IBM Express PortfolioTM of solutions designed specifically to help medium-sized businesses meet the challenges of doing business in an on demand world. The solution is designed to help clients mitigate the risks inherent in Internet e-mail communications, through a comprehensive suite of services that scan and monitor e-mail before it reaches their network.
Choose from four modular options that intercept and dispose of e-mails containing viruses, spam, pornography and undesired content. This IBM managed service is designed to offer better protection and faster response to emerging threats than can be achieved in-house – at a much lower cost.
Clients can select the e-mail security options that best meet their needs:
Anti-virus
Features
- Cleans e-mail before it reaches client's network
- Protects client from unkown viruses and "zero hour" outbreaks
- Needs no signature updates or software
Benefits
- Helps protect infrastructure and data and boost employee productivity.
Anti-spam
Features
- Combines signature-based and Heuristic technology to stop nearly all spam
- Quarantines spam outside the network
Benefits
- Helps protect network bandwith and e-mail infrastructure, storage ang archving by reducing e-mail volume.
Pornography filter
Features
- Uses multiple techniques, including groundbreaking image composition analysis to detect pornographic images
- Provides sensitivity settings and routing options based on client's policies
Benefits
- Helps protect users and company image by detecting unacceptable images and content according to client's acceptable usage policies.
Content Control
Features
- Allows clients to enforce internet e-mail security policy
- Prevents unauthorized content from leaving or entering the network
- Helps with the need to comply with federal regulations
Benefits
- Helps protect against loss of intellectual property, disclosure of confidential information, defamation of company name, and potential legal action.
E-mail Security Benefits:
Technical benefits
- Helps divert e-mail threats from corporate network
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Offers easy setup and administration
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Helps protect against "zero-hour" virus outbreaks and eliminates window of vulnerability
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Helps reduce e-mail volume on corporate network
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Helps protect e-mail infrastructure
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Helps enable enforcement of acceptable e-mail usage policies
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Helps reduce the requirement for an in-house specialist
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Helps reduce opportunity for hackers to attack corporate e-mail infrastructure due to high level of security
Business benefits
- Helps reduce infrastructure costs
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Helps provide e-mail continuity
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Limits points of failure
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Helps create platform independence
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Helps promote enforcement of corporate e-mail policy
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Provides potentially low total cost of ownership
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Helps promote better IT investment and planning
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Helps increase employee productivity
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Helps protect company image with detection of unacceptable images and content
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Access to IBM incident management
