SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group, and the exclusive southern African distributor for BorderWare Technologies, today announced that the latter had introduced MXtreme Mail Firewall version 4.0.
MXtreme 4.0 adds new features and functionality in five key areas - security, policy enforcement, manageability, audit reporting and availability - to deliver the industry's most robust solution for securing an enterprise's entire e-mail infrastructure.
MXtreme protects enterprise e-mail from threats including denial-of-service attacks like MyDoom, buffer overflows, directory harvesting, spam, viruses and other vulnerabilities that could paralyse e-mail communications.
Version 4.0 sets the benchmark for e-mail security with enhancements in five key areas:
Security: MXtreme is built on BorderWare's S-Core hardened and optimised operating system that has been field-tested on the Internet for 10 years and certified under the Common Criteria at Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4) as part of the BorderWare Firewall Server. MXtreme is currently under assessment by the Common Criteria for EAL4 certification, a process that is expected to complete by the end of May. This would make MXtreme the first e-mail firewall appliance to achieve EAL4.
Policy enforcement: MXtreme delivers advanced spam detection, built-in anti-virus scanning, attachment controls and a full range of content filters that can be selectively applied by group and individual user for full policy control. New in version 4.0 are further improvements in MXtreme's native anti-spam technology, yielding improved detection and accuracy, and less IT administration with the addition of user-based spam quarantine, personal whitelisting, and advanced disposition controls. SMTP authentication can be enabled to allow external servers or clients to relay mail through MXtreme based on local user accounts, Radius or LDAP authentication. A state-of-the-art policy enforcement engine now offers full LDAP integration.
Manageability: MXtreme 4.0 reduces the costs of administration, improves overall security and delivers real control with a centralised consolidated solution. The new version integrates with leading SNMP-based enterprise management suites. In addition, LDAP is fully integrated to authenticate access and manage groups and users.
Audit reporting: MXtreme has the most powerful e-mail reporting system available, allowing complete audit, monitoring, and accounting of all messaging activities. In MXtreme 4.0 reports and e-mail database queries can be generated across single or clustered systems. An audit trail of administrative activities is also new.
Availability: MXtreme 4.0 introduces HALO (High Availability Load Optimisation), a failsafe clustering architecture for high availability that ensures e-mail is never lost due to individual system failure. MXtreme 4.0 is the first e-mail firewall to provide enterprises with a carrier-grade failsafe clustering architecture for high availability, which is achieved through its unique security, cluster management, load balancing and optimisation, and patent-pending "stateful failover" capabilities.
"The business criticality of e-mail is forcing organisations to thoroughly evaluate their e-mail security infrastructure. Beyond spam and viruses, enterprises must focus on overall e-mail security, policy enforcement, reporting and auditing, and high availability," commented Matt Cain, Sr Vice-President, META Group. "Elements like SNMP MIBs, EAL4 certification, an emphasis on manageability and stability provide market differentiation in this complex and vibrant market."
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BorderWare Technologies Inc is the security appliances company. The company's MXtreme Mail Firewall appliance installs at the network edge to deliver the most comprehensive perimeter security for an organisation's e-mail infrastructure. MXtreme protects against denial-of-service attacks like MyDoom, buffer overflows, directory harvesting, spam, viruses, and other vulnerabilities that could paralyse e-mail communications. More than 1 500 systems are deployed in 34 countries at various military, intelligence, defence, national security agencies, and corporations.
BorderWare has affiliations and partnerships with some of the industry's most prominent companies in Internet infrastructure and security including Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, RSA Security, Research In Motion (RIM), Brightmail, Kaspersky Labs, BlueCat Networks, Network Engines and SSH Communications Security.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion detection software, and network asset management. SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs.
As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for and Trend Micro, SecureData is the southern African distributor for US-based BorderWare, UK-based Centennial and US-based RSA Security. For more information, visit SecureData at www.sd.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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