- Spam is the weapon of choice for many criminal networks. Findings from
the 2008
Cisco Annual Security Report revealed that spam accounts for nearly 200
billion messages a day, approximately 90 percent of the world's e-mail
traffic. Today's announcement features security offerings to help
businesses in light of these trends.
- Cisco IronPort Hosted Email Security, Hybrid Hosted Email Security and
Managed Email Security services provide businesses with the ability to
choose the e-mail security solution that meets their unique needs. These
services enable high levels of e-mail protection, with exclusive preventive
and reactive technologies, including spam protection, data-loss prevention,
virus defense, e-mail authentication and powerful reporting tools for
customized security services.
- Protection is delivered via a dedicated e-mail infrastructure hosted in
a network of Cisco data centers.
- Unlike other hosted e-mail security solutions, the Cisco IronPort
offering has no shared infrastructure. This provides organizations with the
highest uptime while maximizing protection of sensitive data from
contamination risks.
- The cloud-based model supports corporate green initiatives by reducing
the corporate data center's energy and physical footprint, reducing power,
cooling and operational expenses.
- Customers retain control of hosted devices with co-managed device
access and can access real-time reports and modify configurations without
service ticket response delays.
- Capacity assurance provides scalable protection enabling for future
growth of spam volume.
- The benefits of on-premise and cloud-based solutions are combined, as
control of inbound traffic is enabled in the cloud, and outbound controls,
such as data-loss prevention and encryption, can be handled on a customer's
premise.
- Organizations can take advantage of the efficiencies of the cloud but
maintain physical control of on-premise equipment for handling sensitive
data.
- With a common management interface spanning both the hosted and
on-premise equipment, the hybrid solution delivers unified centralized
reporting, message tracking and quarantine.
- All future capacity requirements for hosted and on-premise
infrastructure is included in each year's annual service fee.
- A state-of-the-art service is staffed by Cisco e-mail security experts
who remotely manage and monitor customers'
e-mail infrastructure.
- The service provides the high level of data security inherent in
on-site e-mail security appliances while taking advantage of the
flexibility to delegate some or all management and maintenance
responsibilities, allowing information technology staff members to focus on
other strategic initiatives.
- Companies can eliminate ongoing training and avoid additional spending
on dedicated hardware for managing rising spam volumes.
- Capital expenses on hardware are reduced with a simplified per-user,
per-year pricing model that can be included in the operational expense
budget.
- Customer support is available 24x7 through security operations centers
staffed by Cisco e-mail security experts.
- Cisco IronPort Email Security services will be available in April
through resellers authorized to sell Cisco IronPort e-mail security
services. Pricing is variable on the type of service implemented.
- Tom Gillis, vice president and general manager, Security Technology
business unit, Cisco
"Customers want choice, and because every IT department is unique, offering an e-mail security solution that is hosted, managed or on-premise gives businesses the flexibility and world-class security needed in today's threat environment. No matter what offering our customers choose, the hallmarks of Cisco IronPort technology remain: ease of use, performance and innovative technology. We're offering these benefits in any form factor and in any service to fit customers' unique needs." - Richard Rothschild, senior IT director, TiVo (Cisco IronPort
Customer)
"Monitoring e-mail is just one task in an ever-growing a list of IT issues we confront on a daily basis. The Cisco IronPort Managed Email Security service combines the best of the traditional outsourced hosted model while keeping the appliances on my network. This provides us maximum control while freeing us to focus on higher-order network concerns. Indeed, Cisco's security experts are now a part of our team, helping us maintain control over our business-critical data and e-mail infrastructure. We are very pleased with the service." - Brett Rushton, vice president, Insight Networking (Cisco IronPort
Channel Partner)
"We are very excited about the new email security services from Cisco IronPort. Cisco IronPort is already one of our leading partners in the email appliance space and this expansion represents an opportunity to bring a broader set of solutions to our clients. Given the current economic environment, our client's are proactively looking for ways to deploy enhanced capabilities in the most cost effective manner. Cisco IronPort's portfolio of email services gives them the flexibility they need to meet their specific business requirements."
- Cisco IronPort Hosted, Hybrid Hosted, and Managed Email Security
Services:
http://www.ironport.com/products/email_security_services.html
- SenderBase® worldwide spam volumes:
http://www.senderbase.org/home/detail_spam_volume
- Visit the Cisco blog, The
Platform
- Cisco's New Email Security Services And Why They're Unique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akiRq6rnFBw
- Benefits for Customers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNL4mQ7Vt-Y
- Benefits for Channel Partners:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKpNSeU3BXc
Contact Information: Cisco Press Contact: Neil Wu Becker Cisco Systems, Inc. 408 525-7415 nebecker@cisco.com Industry Analyst Contact: Todd Hanson Cisco Systems, Inc. 408 853-8255 todhanso@cisco.com Investor Relations Contact: Marilyn Mora Cisco Systems, Inc. 408 527-7452 marilmor@cisco.com