e-Sweeper

Why e-Sweeper is so important

Content Security means more than anti-virus protection - far more. It has to, because viruses are only one of the many threats facing Internet email users today. Businesses often assume that so long as they install a firewall, establish an Acceptable Use Policy for email, and implement desktop-based anti-virus checking, this will provide an adequate Content Security infrastructure. However, it simply gives a false sense of security and business users need to be aware of the wider issues:

• Firewalls cannot protect against many email threats - they pass straight through un-intercepted
• Companies can be held liable for the content of employee email - even if they were not aware of the employee's contravention of the security policy
• Email can carry hidden risks - such as confidentiality breaches, hidden executables or viruses, and bandwidth-sapping large files
• Desktop identification of viruses may be too late - businesses need to stop viruses at the gateway before they reach the company network
• Employee misuse of email can reduce business productivity - for example sending jokes and pictures to each other instead of concentrating on work, or tying up the network with large files
• Without enforcement, an Acceptable Use Policy for email is seriously disadvantaged - an employer may still be vicariously liable for any defamatory comments made by employees via email

Firewalls are terrific at what they do, but they only provide Access Security: they control which users are able to communicate with a given network. But firewalls do not look inside the data stream to analyze whether threats or undesirable file-types are present. However, e-Sweeper's Content Security tools can handle this. Because e-Sweeper operates at your data center, virus infections and other threats can be quarantined before they get anywhere near the corporate network, preserving bandwidth and keeping productivity high.

The benefits of implementing and effective email usage policy can be divided into Business Integrity benefits and Network Integrity benefits:

• Business Integrity:
  • Improve operational effectiveness
  • Minimize confidentiality breached
  • Reduce exposure to legal liability
  • Eliminate damage to reputation through misuse of email
• Network Integrity:
  • Prevent infection from email-borne viruses
  • Prevent loss of network service from spam and spoof attacks
  • Reduce network congestion from system misuse

For more on e-Sweeper, check out the following:

e-Sweeper Features

e-Sweeper FAQ

For more information or to sign up for service, please contact:

TSR Solutions, Inc.
Internet Services Department
internet@tsrnet.com
(262) 512-4100