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Email Security Buyer's Guide:
Software, Appliance, Managed Service?
A MessageLabs Whitepaper; October 08Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3
The Rising Tide of Email Threats 3
Email Security Options: In Brief 3
Software-based Solutions 4
Appliance-based Solutions 5
Managed Services 6
The MessageLabs Approach 6
The Right Choice for Business 7
Quote 8measures in place may also lead to loss of Proliferation of E xecutive Summary intellectual property and other confidential data. Email security solutions fall into three basic email dangers This, in turn, can seriously damage a company's categories: software-based, appliance-based reputation, brand value and business relationships. is fuelling a and managed services (also known as SaaS - Software-as-a-Service). Key weaknesses of Furthermore, businesses across the world are rapid growth software-based and appliance-based solutions faced with the need to comply with regulatory include: difficulties in ensuring the solution stays regimes that increasingly require them to secure in demand for up-to-date; major commitment of in-house IT inbound and outbound email traffic. The aims of resources; and ongoing investment in additional these regulations vary from employee protection messaging software/hardware etc, substantially increasing to ensuring that client confidentiality, personal data total cost of ownership. By comparison, managed etc are not compromised. But the net result is the security services offer many clear advantages: a clean same - regulatory compliance is now a key driver solutions. email "pipe"; round-the-clock, constantly updated influencing companies' messaging/web security real-time protection; freeing up of in-house IT purchasing decisions. resources; and lower costs. MessageLabs is the leading vendor of SaaS worldwide. Its unique Naturally, the proliferation and diversification of proprietary technology, SkepticT, and world- email-related dangers is fuelling rapid growth in leading global infrastructure enable MessageLabs demand for messaging security solutions. In this to deliver benchmark levels of accurate threat context, a recent analyst report estimated that the protection at extremely competitive cost; its worldwide messaging security market will more services also offer unrivalled Service Level than double from $2 billion to $4.8 billion by 2011, Agreements (SLAs) and ease of use. From compared with 2006 (IDC 2007).protection of business continuity, confidential data and brand image, to effective implementation of What email security solutions are available for company email policies and regulatory compliance businesses today? Which solutions provide the best at national and international level - MessageLabs protection, affordability and ease of use? Which of managed services represent the best email the many vendors active in this market can deliver security solution for business. the optimum functionality and service levels that businesses require? This MessageLabs whitepaper provides the answers - and aims to help companies make the most cost-effective purchasing decisions T he Rising Tide of Email Threats that fully meet their messaging security needs. Email has become a key business communication tool. For a growing number of organizations, it provides a quick, effective medium that links management, employees, existing/potential E mail Security Options: In Brief customers, vendors, partners, investors etc. Email security solutions fall into three basic categories: software-based solutions, appliance-But just as reliance on email has increased, so based solutions and managed services too have email-based threats that can severely (sometimes also known as hosted services or disrupt electronic communications and business SaaS - "software as a service"): operations. Spam, viruses, trojans, spyware, phishing - all pose real and significant dangers . Software-based solutions involve installation of to companies failing to take effective steps to licensed email security software on an protect themselves. For instance, spam alone organization's premises, between its network currently accounts for around three-quarters of all boundary and its email server. emails processed through MessageLabs global messaging security network, with overall spam . Appliance-based solutions involve the physical volumes con... [download for more]
