Email and Web Security solution
Businesses depend on email and the worldwide web. They are mission critical applications. This means that businesses are also at risk from internet problems such as spyware, viruses and spam.
Just think about the scale and sophistication of the threat:
- 19.5 percent of emails contain links to malicious code.
- Targeted trojans aimed at senior managers are on the rise.
- Online criminals are getting smarter. They spam using images and PDF files. They blend web and email attacks.
- MessageLabs detects 1,214 new emails every day that are infected with spyware or viruses.
- Spam makes up three-quarters of all email.
- One in every 200 emails contains a virus.
- Web-based malware is up by 23 percent.
- Internet crime affects nearly two-thirds of British firms.
Your current protection may not be able to keep up. You need certainty.
MessageLabs offers a comprehensive security solution that protects you against web and email-borne threats.
Spam filtering | Multilayered defences block spam before it reaches your network and your staff. The MessageLabs SLA specifies a 99 percent spam capture rate, with a 0.0003 percent rate of false positives. |
Virus protection | MessageLabs Email and Web Anti-Virus services deliver total protection from viruses. The system learns from every message it scans, so it is always up to date. |
Spyware protection | MessageLabs offers protection from known and unknown malware, including spyware. Because it combines multiple commercial scanners with its own proprietary Skeptic™ engine, it can also detect customised malware such as a targeted trojan. |
Malicious link detection | MessageLabs scans suspicious links using heuristics, signatures and in-depth scanning of the destination website. |
Website blocking | Make sure that users only access malware-free sites that meet your acceptable use policy. Use ClientNet to tailor rules and policies on a user and group basis. |
The MessageLabs solution
MessageLabs is managed service. It works around the clock with industry leading service level agreements (SLAs). It is an integrated, easy-to-manage, scalable solution to internet security problems.
Using a worldwide array of 14 data centres, MessageLabs scans every incoming email and every web page request before they reach your network.
When someone asks for a web page, the request goes through our system first so we can scan the page for malware and check it against company policies.
In the same way, incoming email comes through our servers so that we can scan it for viruses, spyware, spam, malicious links and inappropriate content.
Multi-layered protection
MessageLabs offers in-depth protection from known and unknown viruses using a multi-layered defence:
- Third-party scanning engines get rid of the known viruses.
- The proprietary Skeptic™ engine performs in-depth analysis, checking emails for malicious links or new types of viruses and spam
- Links are checked against a vast, constantly updated URL database.
- Teams of malware experts work around the clock to help spot new threats.
- Collective real-time intelligence as MessageLabs scans more than 2.5 billion emails every day for over 17,000 clients worldwide.
- MessageLabs updates the system in real time as new threats are discovered – no waiting for signatures to arrive.
You have control
The MessageLabs online portal, ClientNet, lets clients set and enforce security policies, view detailed reports, obtain online support and keep up to date with service alerts and updates.
Full audit reporting and in-depth analysis of web and email traffic will help you comply with the toughest security audits.
MessageLabs security solutions are backed up by direct, round-the-clock phone, email and web-based technical support in all major languages, anywhere in the world.
To ensure you get the most out of the MessageLabs service, enterprise clients benefit from a dedicated Client Service Manager, giving you a more personal point of contact for assistance from pre-sales through to post-implementation support.
The MessageLabs advantage
MessageLabs protects millions of individual users for more than 17,000 clients. People choose MessageLabs because it offers reassurance and peace of mind in the face of a rising tide of internet risks.
Superior technology
MessageLabs invests in research and development and has 10 patents in threat protection
MessageLabs secures more than 2.5 billion email connections and one billion web requests every day. This gives the company global, real-time threat intelligence.
Skeptic™ technology gives MessageLabs a unique – and powerful – way to protect its clients against new kinds of malware. It is at the core of the services that MessageLabs provides.
Service level agreements (SLAs)
MessageLabs offers unrivalled SLAs, including:
- 100 percent service availability
- 100 percent capture rate for known and unknown email viruses
- 99 percent spam capture rate, with a 0.0003 percent rate of false positives
- 100 percent capture rate of known web viruses
Market Leadership
Leading analyst firms recognise MessageLabs as a market leader. Gartner placed MessageLabs in the Leaders quadrant for Email Security Boundary 2006, and IDC (08) called the company “the worldwide leader for hosted messaging security services.”