Product Spotlight: Spam Blocking with a
Human Element
Spam is big business, and spammers
are highly motivated to continually
develop new spamming techniques.
Meanwhile, vendors constantly work
on new strategies to combat these
attacks. Sendio’s newest strategy is
the Email Security Platform (ESP)
appliance.
As a first line of defense, ESP uses a proprietary technology known as SilverListing to verify that a sending mail server is legitimate. “It’s a very basic test to see if that server is willing to do a retry—we pretend that the mail server on our side is temporarily unavailable. This protects ninety to ninety-five percent of the bandwidth that is currently being wasted due to spam,” said Tal Golan, president, CTO, and founder of Sendio.
Unlike content filters, ESP includes a human element by using sender address verification to authenticate email. First-time senders to a protected email address get an automated return message asking the sender to verify that he or she is a legitimate sender—something a spam bot can’t do. After a user sends or receives an initial email message, he or she is authenticated from that point forward. For messages that are sent through distribution lists, such as email newsletters, users can specify senders whose messages are automatically allowed to go through.
In addition to offering Sender Policy Framework and Domain Keys Identified Mail out of the box, ESP scans outbound messages, preventing spread of viruses. The ESP 360 appliance, designed for small-to-midsized businesses, is $1,995. The ESP 430, designed for large enterprises, is $7,995. The subscription license starts at $2.25 per month per user, with volume discounts available. For more information, contact Sendio at 949- 274-4375 or visit www.sendio.com.
McAfee-Compatible Log and
Event Management
LogRhythm’s self-titled LogRhythm
product has achieved McAfee Compatible
status under McAfee’s Security Innovation
Alliance (SIA) program. McAfee tested Log-
Rhythm and validated the software’s ability
to forward alert information to McAfee’s
security and compliance management system,
ePolicy Orchestrator. The integrated
solution enables real-time monitoring and
notification, threat detection, and incident
response. For more information, contact
LogRhythm at 303-413-8745 or visit www.logrhythm.com.
Manage Desktops Without a VPN
AdventNet announced Desktop Central
6.0, the latest release of its desktop management
solution. The new version lets
admins manage desktops of roaming users
and users in branch offices across a WAN
from a central location by using HTTPS
instead of a VPN connection. Desktop
Central assists with software deployment,
patch and asset management, and service
pack installation and provides user logon
and Active Directory (AD) reports. It can
be used to manage desktops in AD, workgroups,
and directory services–based networks
such as Novell’s eDirectory. Desktop
Central Professional starts at $995 for 100
systems and is available for a free 30-day
evaluation; a free edition is available for
small businesses. To learn more, go to
manageengine.adventnet.com.
Prevent Internal Data Theft
A huge threat to an organization’s data
security comes from within, from users who
can download, upload, and print information
from corporate computers at will.
DeviceLock’s flagship product, DeviceLock,
ensures that security policies are enforced
by controlling user access to removable
devices, ports, and printers. The latest version, DeviceLock 6.4, enhances the product’s
features by offering file-type detection
and filtering, as well as context-based
policies for DeviceLock agents. For more
information, contact DeviceLock at 925-
231-4400 or go to www.devicelock.com.
Email Archiving for
Compliance
H&S Software’s exchange@PAM email
archiving and life cycle management
solution has been enhanced to meet the
ongoing demands of email archiving
regulations. exchange@PAM 3.5 lets you
establish legal holds to ensure that specified
documents are locked and accessible
only for legal and auditing purposes.
Additionally, the product’s Direct Archive
technology has been redesigned and
extended to use asynchronous event sinks
to improve Exchange performance while
Direct Archive jobs run. To find out more or
request a free trial version, visit
www.hs-soft.com.
Control Computers and Networks
Remotely
StarTech.com announced the availability
of its Conyx 16 Port Enhanced Serial
Console Server, which lets systems administrators
and network managers monitor
and control their computers and networks
from anywhere in the world over a TCP/IP
connection. The console server provides
consolidated access and control of all connected
serial consoles on devices such as
UNIX, Linux, and Sun Solaris servers, as well
as routers, switches, PBXs, telecommunications
equipment, and power-distribution
units. The unit also provides a DHCP client
for dynamic IP assignment, offline data logging,
out-of-band access, and encryption.
The Conyx 16 Port Enhanced Serial Console
Server costs $1,195. Contact StarTech.com
at 800-265-1844 or visit www.startech.com
for more information.
Collaborate and
Oversee Project
Management
Bamboo Solutions has
released Bamboo
Project Management Suite, a collection
of the company’s Web Parts, designed
for project managers looking to create
a highly productive, web-based project
management environment in SharePoint.
The suite can be deployed on either a
single server or as a system across multiple
departments within an enterprise.
The Project Management Suite also offers
a Premium Annual Support subscription
that gives customers new Web Parts that
are added to the suite over the life of the
subscription. For more information, contact
Bamboo Solutions at 877-226-2662 or visit
www.bamboosolutions.com.
Automatic Power-Management Policies
To help companies save energy and money,
Triumfant announced the Green IT Power Management
Option Pack for its Triumfant Resolution
Manager computer-state monitoring and
control product. With the option pack, Triumfant
Resolution Manager can detect when a PC is out
of compliance with the company’s power-management
policies and adjust the PC accordingly.
Companies can use the option pack’s features
to configure PCs to use little or no power during
set times (e.g., nonbusiness hours); Wake-on-
LAN technology automatically returns PCs to
a ready state when IT maintenance tasks are scheduled. To learn more,
contact Triumfant at 301-917-6280 or go to
www.triumfant.com/GreenIT.asp.
