Content Technologies' MIMEsweeper Helps Companies Manage Phantom Menace.KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999-- 22 megabyte Star Wars video trailer has a dark side for email administrators: it clogs e-mail servers and wastes network resources Content Technologies, leaders in content security, cautions companies about impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. network slowdowns and crashes from the 22 megabyte Star Wars: Episode I trailer video file, called "Phantom Menace." Content Technologies' MIMEsweeper scans a company's incoming Internet and intranet email for specific attachments, such as the Phantom Menace, that pose a threat to the network. When the prohibited attachment is detected, the file can be removed,quarantined or delivered in accordance with a company's email policy. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Content Technologies, files such as the Star Wars trailer video have a multiplier effect Multiplier Effect The expansion of a country's money supply that results from banks being able to lend. The size of the multiplier effect depends on the percentage of deposits that banks are required to hold on reserves. when they are passed around an office -- monopolizing bandwidth and crippling productivity. Also, while the content of the Star Wars trailer is harmless, other-cards and graphic images can get corporations into legal trouble because of their potential to distribute discriminatory or offensive material over corporate networks. "The need to protect both companies and corporate networks from threats in email and Web content is growing every day," said Victor Woodward, vice president of Content Technologies. "Over the past couple of years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time volume of email traffic has grown to the point where there are now more emails sent daily than ordinary cards and letters sent via traditional mail. If this seemingly harmless video trailer can cause network problems, just think of what malicious content can do. The bottom line is that email has evolved faster than companies' ability to manage it -- now, companies need clearly developed, enforceable email policies." MIMEsweeper checks an e-mail's source and destination, dismantles the contents into raw data, and filters the results against company-defined policy. It performs lexical scanning for key words, which indicate confidentiality breaches or offensive language. And it can quarantine defined file types; block e-mail based on file size and add legal disclaimers. The Invention of "Content Security" Category ked to test the security infrastructure of a major Fortune 100 company. After sending an email with executable content (operating system) executable content - Executable programs sent by one computer to another via a network. For example a Java applet is executable content. Usage: rare. that extracted confidential data from the company, security focuses on protecting companies on a Intranet. About Content Technologies re than 3.5 million users. Content Technologies has been chosen by technology leaders worldwide and has important marketing and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreements with companies such as Axent Technologies, Check Point Software, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and more. Content Technologies, a global company, has offices 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. , UK, and Australia. MIMEsweeper is sold direct and through select reseller channels made up of VARs, system integrators and Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . For additional information, call 800/982-6109 or visit the web site at www.mimesweeper.com. To interview Victor Woodward contact: Susan Majerus at Content Technologies, 425-889-4724 phone, 425/889-5841 fax or susan.majerus@mimesweeper.com. |
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