SurfControl Launches E-mail Filter 6.0, Delivering Unified Protection to Stop Threats and Prevent Data Loss.New Features Include SurfControl Reputation Service, Anti-Virus Scanning Engine, Zero-Hour Virus Protection and More SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- SurfControl (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : SRF SRF abbr. somatotropin-releasing factor ), a leading provider of global on-demand, network and endpoint IT security solutions, today announced significant product enhancements to its e-mail filter with the release of SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0. Product enhancements include the new SurfControl Reputation Service, a fully integrated anti-virus scanning engine, zero-hour virus protection, and extended compliance features. SurfControl E-mail Filter provides continuous, multilayered mul·ti·lay·ered adj. Consisting of or involving several individual layers or levels. protection against increasingly complex blended e-mail threats such as spam, phishing, viruses and malicious code, as well as protection from confidential data loss. New compliance dictionaries and associated default rules, including HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999) GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and Personal identifiers, will increase organizations' abilities to manage regulatory compliance and enforce good corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. . SurfControl E-mail Filter customers will now receive the benefit of SurfControl's on-demand solutions proprietary reputation service, which eliminates IP addresses with a bad reputation -- greatly reducing the amount of spam that is received by the end-user. Additionally, zero-hour virus protection will protect customers' networks from viruses as they emerge. "Organizations are exposed to a variety of rapidly-evolving threats, with every e-mail," said Dave Tripier, senior vice president of product marketing. "SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 provides businesses with the visibility, control and comprehensive protection they need in order to keep their organizations secure without straining IT resources." "I've looked at a wide variety of e-mail filtering Email filtering is the processing of e-mail to organize it according to specified criteria. Most often this refers to the automatic processing of incoming messages, but the term also applies to the intervention of human intelligence in addition to artificial intelligence, and to products and SurfControl provides the most reliable and comprehensive solution out there," said Jeff Smyrski, Network Administrator for Bank of Utica. "E-mail Filter 6.0 with the new Reputation Service, coupled with True Source IP, is even more granular and has eased the burden placed on our IT administrators by reducing the sheer number of e-mail threats that enter the network." Easy to install and administer, SurfControl E-mail Filter provides automatic database updates, flexible policy setting and centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. reporting with SurfControl Report Central, which provides unmatched visibility of e-mail usage and related threats. SurfControl E-mail Filter is also powered by SurfControl's Adaptive Threat Intelligence Service, drawing on global security experts, real-time threat detection technologies and the industry's most accurate dynamic threat databases to provide constant protection against emerging threats. About SurfControl SurfControl provides a portfolio of security solutions to protect our customers from Internet threats, deliver business and regulatory compliance, and enable business continuity. SurfControl believes that security should be treated as a science, delivering protection at multiple points -- "in the cloud Refers to the operation taking place within a network. See cloud. " with on-demand security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , on the network with software and appliances, and on the desktop and mobile client. All of SurfControl's solutions for Web, e-mail and endpoint security are backed by industry-leading threat detection technologies, delivered by SurfControl's Global Threat Experts who work 24/7 to provide customers with dynamic zero-day protection. The company protects more than 16 million users and over 25,000 customers worldwide, and employs more than 600 people in offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia/Pacific. For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit www.surfcontrol.com. |
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