SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group and the southern African distributor for Trend Micro security software, today announced the availability of Trend Micro Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition, the latest in its range of anti-spyware products incorporating technologies gained through its acquisition of InterMute, Inc, in May.
Trend Micro Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition is the third product in Trend Micro's new standalone anti-spyware solution set for desktops. Targeted at mid-sized to larger business organisations, the product supports Trend Micro's multi-layered approach to protecting enterprise networks.
Its extensive management tools and proactive technology detect spyware, protect end-users from spyware, and clean up and restore systems if they become infected. Clients and servers are shielded by a defence system that actively monitors file downloads and uses a highly efficient spyware database and heuristic rule set to scan and clean desktops, laptops and servers, without significant processing overhead.
Trend Micro Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition is the only product that includes Trend Micro CWShredder, industry-acclaimed technology that eradicates spyware programs like CoolWebSearch and its variants, programs that are extremely difficult to remove.
The product's enterprise-class management enables easy deployment and administration across large organisations, particularly via the centralised management capabilities of Trend Micro Control Manager. Through a Web-based console, all machines on the network can be managed from one enterprise server. The product can discover client machines automatically and transparently push agents to desktops without the need for end-user intervention. Trend Micro Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition is also compatible with all major enterprise desktop security products, offering a flexible, complementary layer of protection regardless of the existence of other security products on the desktops.
The product comes at a time when end-users are expressing a desire for greater education on security threats and collaboration with IT departments. According to a recent Trend Micro study of corporate end-users, 53% of respondents said they wanted greater education from IT to better understand the threat of spyware. In the same study, end-users said viruses and spyware caused the most concern among various security threats.
"Spyware slows machines, consumes bandwidth and steals sensitive information from end-user systems," commented Max Cheng, general manager of Trend Micro enterprise business operations.
"It reduces productivity, which costs businesses money. Currently, employees may be aware of the threat, but according to our research, their knowledge is limited, highlighting the need for greater end-user education and proactive anti-spyware protection."
In order to counteract the threat posed by spyware, Cheng said it is important that enterprise organisations deploy advanced solutions with central management capabilities, thereby enabling efficient control of security policies and reducing the danger to end-users. Trend Micro's enterprise-class anti-spyware solution can serve as part of a larger risk management strategy. It can be incorporated as a layered, more holistic security approach throughout an enterprise network to prevent downtime, increase productivity and ensure system integrity.
"Security and business strategies must be unified as one initiative to sustain business continuity and protect employees, customers, corporate data and privacy," added Cheng. "A multi-layered security infrastructure, which protects the entire network environment, must include enterprise-level anti-spyware that is compatible with other major solutions."
For further information, please contact Dean Brazier at telephone +27 (011) 257 8600; fax +27 (011) 257 8699; e-mail deanb@securedata.co.za.
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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 prevention software and network asset management.
SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, 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 Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based Application Security, eEye, Rocket Software, RSA Security, St Bernard and Websense.
For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.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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