World's Largest Reform Congregation, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Stops Spam, Viruses, Phishing Attacks and Other Inbound Messaging Threats with CipherTrust's IronMail.ATLANTA -- CipherTrust's Market Leadership and Advanced Spam Detection with TrustedSource Made it the Choice in Competitive Evaluations CipherTrust, Inc., the global market leader in messaging security, today announced that Stephen S. Wise Temple (SSWT SSWT Self-Starters Weekly Tips ) has selected CipherTrust's award-winning IronMail(R) gateway 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. to protect the congregation's inbound e-mail traffic from spam, worms, viruses and other malicious threats. Since deploying two IronMail appliances, SSWT has been able to protect its more than 2,200 students, faculty and staff from harmful inbound threats, thereby increasing employee productivity and decreasing end-user complaints. Los Angeles-based SSWT began its search for a messaging security solution due to the influx of spam entering the congregation's network and its end-users' inboxes. SSWT evaluated solutions from CipherTrust, McAfee, Symantec and Barracuda barracuda, slender, elongated fish of tropical seas. Barracudas have long snouts and projecting lower jaws armed with large, sharp-edged teeth. They are ferocious, striking at anything that gleams, and are considered excellent game fishes. . SSWT selected CipherTrust because of its market presence, advanced spam detection including its TrustedSource(TM) reputation engine, flexibility and ease of use. "The first solution that we had in place was plugged into the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. gateway and we found that the product would shut down all of our inbound mail due to a fairly minor technical reason. We could not have that happen, so we decided to look for a first-class solution that would successfully block spam and viruses at the gateway, and ultimately make our end-users happy," said David Lam David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊, pinyin: Lín Sīqí) (born September 2, 1923) was Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1988 to 1995. , CISO See CSO. and director of information technology at Stephen S. Wise Temple. "After evaluating numerous vendors, we found that CipherTrust is vastly superior in pre-sales support, representation and product quality. CipherTrust's reputation engine is by far the most advanced we've seen and the spam detection is outstanding. We are thrilled with our selection of IronMail every day that we use it." Upon deploying CipherTrust's IronMail, SSWT has found that more than 50 percent of its inbound messages are spam. Following this successful implementation, SSWT has seen a rapid decrease in end-user complaints of spam, and is able to spend less than five minutes a day managing the IronMail appliances. In the near future, SSWT plans to implement CipherTrust's WebMail Architecture(TM) which allows administrators to offer secure access to corporate e-mail systems using a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , including Microsoft(R) Outlook Web Access, 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) Lotus(R) Domino(R) Web Access and Novell GroupWise GroupWise is a cross-platform collaborative software product from Novell, Inc. offering e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging and document management. Summary GroupWise can operate on a number of server and workstation platforms. (R) Web Access. "CipherTrust is finding that more and more enterprises are looking at solutions with strong reputation systems, like CipherTrust's TrustedSource," said Mike Van Bruinisse, senior vice president of sales at CipherTrust. "Stephen S. Wise Temple's selection of CipherTrust protects the congregation's network from threats today and as they evolve." About Stephen S. Wise Temple Stephen S. Wise Temple is located atop Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and with more than 3200 member families, is the largest reform congregation in the world. Blessed with an educational system of its own from Early Childhood through High School and beyond, Stephen S. Wise Temple fosters the educational and developmental needs of students from birth through adulthood, rooted in the five core values of our vision: Lifelong Learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. , Community, Worship and Spirituality, Israel and Peoplehood, and Social Justice. For more information please visit www.sswt.org. About CipherTrust, Inc. CipherTrust, Inc., the global market leader in messaging security, provides innovative layered security solutions to stop inbound messaging threats such as spam, viruses, intrusions and phishing, and protect against outbound policy and compliance violations. CipherTrust's integrated best-of-breed capabilities deliver maximum availability and unmatched security, effectiveness and enterprise manageability across multiple communication channels. Recognized by IDC as the market leader for secure content management appliances, CipherTrust protects the messaging infrastructure of more global 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 or other countries or both: CipherTrust, IronMail, TrustedSource, and Webmail Architecture item you mentioned. Other company, product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. |
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