IronPort
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IronPort® is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems.Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000.
Email Security Appliances
Spam volumes double every six months, and spam messages are no longer just a nuisance but can be malicious executables that harvest information. IronPort email security appliances protect companies of all sizes:
- Spam protection: Email and Web reputation filtering technology is combined with industry-leading IronPort Anti-Spam™.
- Virus defense: IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters™ are paired with fully-integrated traditional anti-virus technology from Sophos and McAfee.
- Secure messaging: Policy enforcement, content filtering and encryption technology fulfills compliance and regulatory requirements.
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Web Security Appliances
According to industry estimates, approximately 75 percent of corporate PCs are infected with spyware, yet less than 10 percent of those companies have perimeter spyware defense. IronPort provides:
- The industry’s fastest Web proxy, along with integrated caching and content acceleration capabilities.
- Scanning across all ports at wire speed as well as messages to alert customers about compromised hosts within their network and "phone-home" activity.
- URL filtering: URL categorization data is augmented with reputation data from IronPort’s SenderBase.
- Web reputation and Anti-malware protection: IronPort Web Reputation Filters™ analyze over 50 different web traffic and network related parameters to evaluate a URL’s trustworthiness. Webroot and McAfee spyware and malware signatures block malicious content at the gateway.
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Email Encryption Technology
More than 25 percent of all outbound email messages contain content that poses a legal, financial or regulatory risk to the corporation. With IronPort:
- Secure email delivery seamlessly encrypts and digitally signs confidential email messages.
- Breakthrough encryption technology supports universal "push" delivery to any email address.
- Relies only on recipient browser and does not require recipient PKI or software plug-in.
- Granular message tracking for recipient deliver and read receipt verification.
- Integrates with existing email infrastructure (e.g. Exchange, Notes, Groupwise).
- Fully integrated with best in class content filtering technology to provide enterprise compliance with regulatory requirements.
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There are no silver bullets to eliminate the flaws found in email and on the web. The ultimate answer will likely emerge as a mixture of many complementary solutions.
