CA`s eTrust Secure Content Manager r8 protects against data confidentiality breaches, Web, messaging threats

CA has announced eTrust Secure Content Manager (eTrust SCM) r8, a single, unified gateway solution that helps safeguard enterprises from data confidentiality breaches, Web and messaging threats from a central management console.

eTrust SCM r8 secures, monitors, filters and blocks potential threats from messaging and Web traffic. It guards against viruses, spam, phishing, P2P file sharing, malicious mobile code and spyware. It also helps prevent against outbound transmission of confidential information and proprietary intellectual property, enabling enterprises to both more effectively comply with data confidentiality regulations and enforce corporate email policies.

"CA`s mission is to make IT simpler, more efficient and more cost effective," said Brian E Burke, research manager, IDC`s Security Products. "CA`s integrated threat management product line is focused on providing enterprises with integrated, policy-based content security. eTrust SCM builds on CA`s integrated threat management strengths while taking content security to the next level and offering all-around protection for corporate networks."

eTrust SCM r8 includes four new anti-spam engines that prevent spam using DNS blacklists, heuristic filtering, Bayesian analysis, digital signatures and collaborative filtering. For every new message, the spam identification engines utilise more than 300 000 algorithms and rules to identify spam with a near-zero false positive rate. Enhanced layers of spam filtering include sender "reputation", embedded URL filtering, malformed e-mail detection and an evasion techniques dictionary.

eTrust SCM r8 helps prevent employees from purposely or unknowingly accessing malicious sites. By blocking peer-to-peer file sharing protocol through a commonly used protocol, eTrust SCM r8 also reduces exposure to the legal liabilities that can result from the sharing of copyrighted material.

By leveraging CA`s Identity and Access Management Toolkit-part of the CA Integration Platform-eTrust SCM r8 can take advantage of information stored within LDAP repositories to automatically determine employees roles and responsibilities, and minimise security administration costs.

Additional features in eTrust SCM r8 include:

* The ability to scan more than 200 different attachment file types, including executables, multimedia, image and documents up to 2GB in size-with larger attachments parked in a "safe-window".
* Enhanced reporting that provides customisable views into Internet activity, transmission of confidential data and unauthorised use of corporate equipment.
* Enhanced Active Directory support that facilitates policy enforcement and regulatory compliance
* An easy-to-use, Web-based interface that enables users to search and manage quarantined e-mails in real-time.

eTrust SCM is backed by the CA`s Security Advisor team that researches and responds to global threats via a network of rapid response centres around the world, delivering the most comprehensive validated virus and vulnerability databases in the industry; clean-up utilities, detection signature files and remediation instructions for threats; and documentation on complete threat protection. The Security Advisor Web site, replete with daily threat level monitoring and a listing of the latest threats, can be found at http://ca.com/securityadvisor. CA`s threat management solutions are also certified by independent internationally recognised certifying bodies such as West Coast Labs, Virus Bulletin and ICSA Labs.

"Enterprises today are struggling to control the distribution of sensitive information in e-mail, Word documents, PDFs and other forms," said Karel Rodes, Security Management, South Africa. "By deploying CA`s scalable eTrust SCM r8, companies can implement their administrative controls and e-communications policies to guard against diverse and potentially overwhelming threats with optimum effectiveness and efficiency."

Pricing for eTrust SCM r8, part of CA`s integrated Threat Management solutions, starts at R275/node MSRP. eTrust SCM r8 is available through authorised partners.