Mirapoint Joins Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Mirapoint Continues to Promote Best Practices Against Messaging Abuse Such as Spam, Viruses, Denial-of-Service Attacks and Other Online Exploitation

Mirapoint, the secure messaging experts, announced it has joined the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), an organization where network operators and vendors join forces to reduce spam and email abuse. Mirapoint is joining MAAWG to contribute to the best practices against messaging abuse such as spam, viruses' denial-of-service attacks and other online exploitation.

By joining MAAWG, Mirapoint's efforts will help develop initiatives to preserve electronic messaging from online exploits and abuse with the goal of enhancing user trust and confidence, while ensuring the deliverability of legitimate messages. Mirapoint will be working with MAAWG's broad base of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and network operators representing over 600 million mailboxes, key technology providers and senders, to address messaging abuse by focusing on technology, industry collaboration and public policy initiatives.

"Mirapoint is working with other members of MAAWG to fight the global abuse issues which affects everyone in the email market," said Bethany Mayer, chief marketing officer for Mirapoint. "The fact that Mirapoint has an active participation in MAAWG shows our dedication to addressing our customers' concerns, while showing that we are intent on combating messaging abuse."

Serving and securing over 115 million mailboxes worldwide, Mirapoint's involvement with MAAWG reinforces their commitment to develop new standards and technologies to combat messaging abuse. Mirapoint has received several product honors recognizing its continued technology innovation and excellence. Mirapoint was a finalist in the American Business Awards, was named Technology Innovation of the Year by Frost & Sullivan, secured a "Very Good" rating from InfoWorld, earned a five-star, "Recommended" rating from PC Pro and was awarded the "Up to Spec" certification by The Tolly Group.

"MAAWG is a global organization committed to addressing messaging abuse and brings industry experts together to address threats worldwide," said Jerry Upton, MAAWG executive director. "Mirapoint's technology, expertise and effort are of great value to the MAAWG organization, and we are pleased to have the company as a member."

Mirapoint is the only vendor in the industry with proven email server, archiving and security appliances that offer carrier-class, 99.999 percent uptime reliability and the industry's lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). Mirapoint's Message Server is the industry's only dedicated appliance that integrates email routing, storage, access and management. The industry's first email archiving appliance that employs corporate policies to index and organize messages, Mirapoint's ComplianceVault appliance reduces the cost and complexity of archiving email by eliminating space-wasting spam and duplicated email content, as well as categorizing messages for easy search and retrieval. Mirapoint's RazorGate email security appliances provide multi-layered protection at the network edge to block hackers, spam, and virus threats, with spam and virus catch-rates upwards of 98 percent. Combined, Mirapoint appliances deliver a secure messaging infrastructure to enterprises worldwide.

About MAAWG

The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is where the messaging industry comes together to work against spam, viruses, denial-of-service attacks and other online exploitation. MAAWG is the only organization addressing messaging abuse holistically by systematically engaging all aspects of the problem, including technology, industry collaboration and public policy. It leverages the depth and experience of its global membership to tackle abuse on existing networks and new emerging services. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., MAAWG is an open forum driven by market needs and supported by major network operators and messaging providers. More information on MAAWG can be found at www.maawg.org.

About Mirapoint

Founded in 1997, Mirapoint is the market leader in appliance-based solutions for secure message networks in enterprise, service provider, and education organizations, with more than 115 million mailboxes served and secured worldwide. Customers use Mirapoint appliances to build the messaging infrastructure that intelligently serves, secures and manages email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com.

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