Real-time Monitoring of Port 25 Increases Protection and System Reliability
SAN JOSE, Calif., RSA Data Security Show, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ --
Postini, Inc., which provides email protection and management services to more
than 500 enterprises and ISPs, today announced Active EMS (Email Management
System), a unique SMTP service offering that combines firewall technology,
edge server functionality, and resource monitoring capabilities into a single,
comprehensive Port 25 security and management solution.
"Email administrators are held responsible for a hodge-podge of
distributed systems and network infrastructure with no centralized or
comprehensive management view into this jungle," said Dana Gardner, a research
director at Aberdeen Group in Boston. "Too often nefarious hackers prey on the
vulnerabilities that lurk among the cracks in an enterprise messaging
environment. Postini's Active EMS delivers a unified, detailed view into email
statistics across an installation. But perhaps more importantly, Active EMS
intervenes on behalf of the administrator: Threats are detected and
safeguarding action is taken in near real time to ensure messaging systems
integrity."
Postini Active EMS sits between the Internet and the receiving email
servers to process messages in real-time without disrupting SMTP traffic flow.
The Postini architecture allows the security and control perimeter to extend
beyond the outer edge of the email server detecting and diffusing threats
before they penetrate the network.
Active EMS monitors SMTP session characteristics and message statistics to
identify conditions and automatically take action. Threats and error
conditions are identified and resolved before customer resources are damaged.
"Active EMS has given us more reliability by protecting our email system,
and a disaster recovery solution for a worst-case scenario" said
Thomas Bentley, Manager of Business Services at Creative Benefits, Inc. a
Human Resources consulting services company in Vista, California. "Active EMS
identified a network outage, notified us and spooled our email traffic. When
the network stabilized, our messages were delivered."
Active EMS delivers:
-- Active Protection with SMTP threat detection and automated response
-- Incoming Port 25 attacks are detected and blocked in real-time
-- Threats are tracked, even as they morph source IP addresses, in
order to keep resources protected
-- Active Visibility from a single web console
-- Usage statistics and detailed trend reports keep administration
teams apprised of system activity and provide a foundation for
effective planning
-- Administrators are automatically notified as conditions develop,
before damage occurs
-- Active Reliability to maximize uptime and minimize impact of an outage
-- Email server loads are monitored and balanced in real-time
-- Service outages are detected and email is automatically spooled
so mail is never lost
-- Once the server is back up and stable, email is unspooled at a
regulated rate
"With Active EMS, we have experienced a reduction in down time and
enhanced systems efficiency. From a management perspective, we've been able to
address our capacity planning problems far more effectively," said Bill Ahern,
VP of Operations at Econec, Inc. an Alabama-based Internet service provider.
"Active EMS has definitely increased the impact of our current IT staff."
Postini has been selling Active EMS since December 2001. "The strong
customer response to this unique service offering validates our belief that
email administrators need more protection and control over their existing
messaging resources," said Shinya Akamine, CEO of Postini. "We are focused on
understanding these requirements and will continue to enhance our unique,
high-performance, high-availability infrastructure to meet the needs of our
enterprise and service provider customers."
Active EMS provides comprehensive email security and control, regardless
of server vendor, hardware platform or physical location. For more information
visit: http://www.postini.com/ems.
About Postini
Postini is focused on delivering comprehensive email system management and
protection capabilities to enterprise and Internet service provider customers.
From virus and spam protection, to comprehensive analysis, Port 25 security,
and email reliability services, Postini is redefining the role of email as a
critical communications asset. Founded in 1999, the company is based in
Redwood City, California.
SOURCE Postini, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.postini.com/ems
CONTACT:
Beth Trier of Trier and Company,
+1-415-285-6147, or beth@triercompany.com, for Postini
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