Thwart Internet Threats

Peter Hofland

With the rising popularity of the Internet and the growing flood of data on public networks, companies are scurrying to find ways to protect themselves against the unauthorized transmission of sensitive and confidential corporate information and the legal risk of their employees accessing and redistributing inappropriate information, such as profanity.

Traditionally, firewalls have been used to protect corporate networks against unauthorized user access and unwanted application types. However, firewalls don't protect a corporate network against content-based threats buried withi n e-mail messages or Web data. Now Mimesweeper 3.0, from Integralis (Reading, U.K.), promises that to do just that.

Mimesweeper provides antivirus scanning of Web, FTP, and mail transmissions, plus a comprehensive range of content-management and control features. Mimesweeper can block specified URLs and e-mail addresses. The product also features the ability to sanitize cookies and provides keyword and phrase search functions for the protection of restricted information.

Initial versions of Mimesweeper performed automatic virus scanning of all inbound and outbound e-mail, disassembling messages and any complex attachments into their basic components before forwarding them to virus-scanning tools. Since then, the product has been enhanced to offer comprehensive content management and control. Versions 2.3 and higher conduct content-based analysis of messages, allowing network managers to control e-mail users, add legal disclaimers, archive e-mail contents, limit the size of attachments, stop junk e-mail, and prevent the unauthorized transmission of information. Mimesweeper requires an Intel-based PC running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server.

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Where to Find

Mimesweeper 3.0..................£995 for 50-user license

Integralis, Ltd.
Reading, U.K.
Phone:    +44 1189 306 060
Internet: 
http://www.mimesweeper.integralis.com

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