Symantec Mail Security 8240

Symantec Mail Security 8240 ... information security. Brightmail AntiSpam technology leverages over 20 spam prevention techniques, delivering antispam effectiveness rates of 95% and the industry's highest accuracy rate against false positives (99.9999%). Symantec's global Brightmail Logistics Operations Centers (BLOC) analyze spam across the globe and provide secure, automatic spam filter updates every 10 minutes to help thwart attacks. Real-time scanning, using award-winning Symantec AntiVirus technologies, protects against email-borne threats, while a mass-mailer cleanup feature automatically removes the emails associated with mass-mailing worms.

Innovative email firewall technologies, which include a powerful combination of Traffic Shaping, Directory Harvest Attack Prevention, and Sender Reputation, reduce email infrastructure costs by restricting connections from spam-sending servers. The appliance form factor and an easy software update mechanism for operating system, Mail Transfer Agent, and supporting software enable easy deployment and management.

From a single Web-based console, administrators can easily apply varying policies for different users or groups, gain insight into trends and attack statistics, and customize and monitor all email security appliances. Content compliance features allow administrators to gain control over inbound and outbound email content so they can enforce internal or regulatory email content policies. Users can control their personal spam settings via user preferences.

To better meet the needs of medium and large size organizations, the series offers two models. And the solution is backed by Symantec Security Response, the world's leading antivirus and Internet security research and support organization.