M86 Security announces new cloud-based e-mail security platform

RSA Conference 2010 - Moscone Centre - Booth #1151

M86 Security, the global expert in Web and e-mail threat protection, today announces its M86 Secure Messaging Service, a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) solution combining inbound/outbound content filtering, granular policy control, an award-winning anti-spam engine and unique behavioural malware analysis technology.

Based on technology from the M86 MailMarshal SMTP platform, the new service will deliver on the policy and configuration requirements that customers demand but have not before been available with existing e-mail security services. M86 Secure Messaging Service is designed for the small and medium business, enterprise and ISP markets.

"Cloud-based services continue to offer attractive ownership cost and configuration simplicity advantages for many organisations," said Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst, IT-Harvest, an independent research firm.

"The combination of anti-spam, content filtering, policy control and behavioural malware analysis technologies provided by M86 in the M86 Secure Messaging Service provides a new level of granularity and intelligence to the toolkit of any sized organisation seeking to block e-mail threats."

The M86 Secure Messaging Service incorporates key features from MailMarshal SMTP and offers them in a simple to use cloud-based deployment that is ideal as an intelligent single line - or first line-of-defence solution for granular e-mail control/management, content filtering and anti-spam and anti-virus security. It includes well-known capabilities such as M86's Text Censor, the industry leading lexical analysis technology; behaviour-based malware detection for blocking the latest e-mail blended threat attacks; anti-virus protection; and M86's highly rated anti-spam technology - SpamCensor.

M86 Secure Messaging Service stops illegitimate or inappropriate e-mails, including inappropriate images, spam, and malicious code before it reaches a protected network, allowing organisations to minimise the impact of unwanted e-mail on Internet bandwidth while protecting business critical systems from serious e-mail based threats. M86 Secure Messaging Service also enables customers to apply more granular control over their policies by customising the e-mail security and content filtering settings.

"Given the dramatic 400% increase in malicious e-mail volume we saw in the second half of 2009, organisations continue to face an uphill battle when it comes to adding the necessary intelligence to their networks to manage the new generation of e-mail threats," said Werner Thalmeier, vice-president, product management, M86 Security. "We've taken our content filtering and behavioural malware analysis expertise, along with the most complete e-mail security and management technology in the business, to create a cost-effective, cloud-based solution that addresses the latest e-mail attacks; cleaning threats before they reach the e-mail gateway and customer network."

In April, M86 Security will commence beta testing with current customers and those interested in getting early access to the service as part of the Early Adopters Program (EAP). The M86 Secure Messaging Service will launch in Q3 of 2010.