Trend Micro Introduces InterScan Messaging Security Appliance
October 09 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Completes in 2006 Its Vision to Provide Customers Form Factor
Choice for Entire Portfolio of Trend Micro Gateway Security
Solutions CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trend
Micro Incorporated (TSE:4704TSE:Nasdaq:TSE:TMIC), a leader in
network antivirus and content security, today announced
InterScan(TM) Messaging Security Appliance, a comprehensive
solution for enterprises to address email-based threats including
spam, phishing, bots, spyware, and viruses, as well as content
compliance. With the release of InterScan Messaging Security
Appliance customers can receive the same superior email security on
either software or an appliance, enabling them to pick the solution
that best fits their network environment. While InterScan Messaging
Security Appliance offers the same security features and flexible
policy implementation as its software predecessor -- InterScan
Messaging Security Suite -- the appliance form factor provides high
throughput with hardware redundancy to ensure continuous security.
InterScan Messaging Security Appliance offers comprehensive email
protection at the gateway. This solution provides anti-spam and
anti-phishing protection, award winning antivirus that includes
IntelliTrap(TM) technology to combat zero-day threats, as well as
providing flexible content filtering to support regulatory
compliance, assist with corporate governance, and prevent loss of
confidential information. In addition, all of this protection is
seamlessly integrated and centrally managed in the Web-based
InterScan Messaging Security Appliance console. To achieve
industry-leading spam catch rates with very low false positives,
Trend Micro has armed its customers with dual-layer spam protection
called Spam Prevention Solution. Trend Micro Network Reputation
Services provides the initial layer of protection by stopping a
majority of mail-based threats at the connection layer before they
even reach the gateway. The reputation services verify IP addresses
of incoming email against the world's largest, most trusted
reputation database, and uses a dynamic reputation service to
identify new spam and phishing sources, stopping even zombies and
botnets when they first emerge. A new version of Network Reputation
Services is integrated into InterScan Messaging Security Appliance
in addition to being available as a standalone service. Released
today, Network Reputation Services provides a new portal that
allows customers to set policies for their specific email
environment while also enabling customers to easily set specific
email blacklist/whitelist policies. One policy-setting feature, for
example, restricts email based on the geographical origin or ISP of
potential email senders. The second layer of the InterScan
Messaging Security Appliance spam protection is a powerful and
elegantly architected composite engine. This engine filters spam
and phishing emails at the gateway through advanced heuristics,
statistical analysis, signature filtering, whitelists, blacklists,
and other anti-spam techniques. This combined approach catches any
remaining threats before they reach the inbox. The robust composite
engine also detects non-English spam, providing additional support
for global companies. "We feel that Trend Micro has a solid
strategy in place for continuous product development and
improvement and this shows specifically with InterScan Messaging
Security Appliance," said Antonio Traetto, Global Messaging
Manager, Rexam. "With the hardware and software coming from Trend
Micro, we can have all support coming from one central place, which
saves support time, effort and reduces warranty costs." The
InterScan Messaging Security Appliance is one of the messaging
security components of Trend Micro's Enterprise Protection
Strategy, which is the most comprehensive and effective security
solution framework available for today's enterprise. This framework
includes products that secure the network at all entry points from
the gateway to the desktop. "Trend Micro remains the global leader
in gateway security because we never lose sight of product
innovation-everything from new and improved levels of threat
protection to catering to the form-factor preferences of our broad
customer base," said Max Cheng, general manager Trend Micro
enterprise business operations. "With the release of InterScan
Messaging Security Appliance, Trend Micro is combining its
best-of-breed email security with the performance advantages of a
hardware appliance to specifically address customers with
exceptionally demanding network requirements." Pricing and
Availability InterScan Messaging Security Appliance is currently
available worldwide. North American pricing starts at $20,180.
Other models are available to support up to 25,000 users per
device. For more information on InterScan Messaging Security
Appliance, please visit: http://www.trendmicro.com/imsa/ . About
Trend Micro Incorporated Trend Micro Incorporated is a pioneer in
secure content and threat management. Founded in 1988, Trend Micro
provides individuals and organizations of all sizes with
award-winning security software, hardware and services. With
headquarters in Tokyo and operations in more than 30 countries,
Trend Micro solutions are sold through corporate and value-added
resellers and service providers worldwide. For additional
information and evaluation copies of Trend Micro products and
services, visit our Web site at http://www.trendmicro.com/ . NOTE:
Trend Micro, VirusWall, the t-ball logo, and InterScan are
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All other company or product names may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their owners. DATASOURCE: Trend Micro, Inc. CONTACT:
Mike Haro, PR Manager of Trend Micro, +1-408-850-1069, or Web site:
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