CipherTrust Empowers End Users to Stop Fraudulent and Malicious E-Mail; Free E-mail Toolbar Provides Graphical Reputation Indicators and One-Click Abuse Reporting.ATLANTA -- As part of its ongoing initiative to renew trust in online communications, CipherTrust(R) today announced the TrustedSource Toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the (TM) (available at http://research.ciphertrust.com/toolbar), the industry's first e-mail reputation toolbar. The toolbar is a free, easy-to-use software plug-in for e-mail clients Same as e-mail program. that empowers end users to thwart spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). , phishing Pronounced "fishing," it is a scam to steal valuable information such as credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and passwords. Also known as "brand spoofing," an official-looking e-mail is sent to potential victims pretending to be from their ISP, bank or retail establishment. and fraud and safeguard legitimate mail. Powered by the Company's TrustedSource(TM) reputation engine, the toolbar brings unique monitoring, alerting and reporting capabilities to the desktop and provides end users with information to determine if a message is from a trusted, legitimate source. While numerous toolbars are available for Web site phishing or other browser-based detection, the TrustedSource Toolbar is the only toolbar that focuses on the end user's first point of contact with a potentially fraudulent or malicious message and provides an immediate recommendation on an e-mail's legitimacy. The toolbar is available for download free of charge in the CipherTrust Research Portal(TM) (http://research.ciphertrust.com), which also launched today. The CipherTrust Research Portal is a new comprehensive messaging security community portal that includes spam, phishing and virus statistics, access to TrustedSource.org, SpamArchive.org, whitepapers, news and other industry resources. "The TrustedSource Toolbar is a very useful tool for end users to report spam and phishing attacks and to determine the reputation of e-mails sent from unknown or suspect sources," said Michael Osterman, founder and principal of Osterman Research, Inc. "The real time nature of reputation reporting for every e-mail in an inbox gives users another source of information on which to base their decisions about the legitimacy of the e-mail they receive." The TrustedSource Toolbar is easy to install and gives end users point-and-click usability and the power to influence sender reputations using innovative features: --Graphical Reputation Indicator- leverages proprietary technology to classify the reputation of an incoming message in order to immediately identify any potential threats --Spam and Phishing Reporting - offers an easy way for end users to flag and report spam and phishing attacks, influencing global sender reputations --Flexible Support - supports multiple mail clients including Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook (R) and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. (R), with Web-based mail support to follow "As today's anti-spam technologies have improved, the threats have adapted to become more malicious and fraudulent," said Dr. Paul Judge Sir Paul Judge is a leader in financial services and in education. He is Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc, a director of Standard Bank Group Ltd of Johannesburg and a member of the Advisory Boards for Barclays Private Bank and for Abraaj Capital of Dubai. , chief technology officer at CipherTrust. "Even with 99 percent catch rates, still one in every 100 unwanted messages will make it to the user's desktop, highlighting an increasing need to provide additional information about the reputation of the sender and the message before the user interacts with the message. We must work together as a community to rebuild trust in the e-mail system, and the TrustedSource Toolbar enables us to donate our reputation intelligence to help stop malicious and fraudulent activity so that the trust may be regained." TrustedSource - Global Detection, Local Protection The TrustedSource Toolbar leverages data received from CipherTrust's TrustedSource reputation engine. Like a virtual credit agency, TrustedSource assigns a reputation score to each message, and further classifies senders based on an in-depth analysis of each sender. CipherTrust has the largest enterprise install base of any other messaging security appliance Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. vendor, providing a unique view into the overall messaging security ecosystem. CipherTrust Research - Sharing Technology and Innovation The newly launched CipherTrust Research Portal is designed to support the global security research community for the entire messaging spectrum. The CipherTrust Research Portal is home to numerous industry resources including TrustedSource.org and SpamArchive.org - two of CipherTrust Research's free tools to stop spam, fraud and phishing. The Research Portal also provides access to research updates, events and statistics. CipherTrust Research is focused on improving the world's messaging security posture by contributing to the advancement of messaging security technologies, promoting awareness and education, and working with government and law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). around the world. Availability and Pricing The TrustedSource Toolbar is available immediately for free download at the CipherTrust Research Portal at http://research.ciphertrust.com/toolbar where visitors can also access associated documentation. The TrustedSource Toolbar is available to all end users currently using e-mail communications, and users need not be current CipherTrust customers to download and use the free resource. About CipherTrust, Inc. CipherTrust, Inc., the global market leader in messaging security, provides innovative layered security Layered security is a new term used by information protection and online security vendors that describes the practice of leveraging several different point security solutions to protect the digital identities and information of consumer, enterprise or government environments. solutions to stop inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound messaging threats such as spam, viruses, intrusions and phishing, and protect against outbound out·bound adj. Outward bound; headed away: outbound trains. Adj. 1. outbound - that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" policy and compliance violations. CipherTrust's integrated best-of-breed capabilities deliver maximum availability and unmatched security, effectiveness and enterprise manageability across multiple messaging protocols The rules, formats and functions for exchanging messages between the components of a messaging system. The most widely used messaging protocol is the Internet's Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). including e-mail and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . Recognized by IDC as the market leader for secure content management appliances, CipherTrust protects the messaging infrastructure of more enterprises than any other vendor, including more than one-third of the Fortune 500. CipherTrust is backed by top-tier investors including Battery Ventures and Greylock Partners. For more information about CipherTrust, please visit www.ciphertrust.com or call 877-448-8625. The following are either trademarks or registered trademarks of CipherTrust, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. or other countries or both: CipherTrust, TrustedSource Toolbar, CipherTrust Research Portal, TrustedSource, TrustedSource.org, SpamArchive.org. Other company, product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. |
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