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MessageLabs is the world's leading provider of messaging security and management services to business. Delivered across a globally distributed platform at the Internet level, our fully managed services ensure the integrity of electronic communications, allowing clients to manage and reduce risk while securing their critical infrastructure and information. With 13 data centers on four continents, MessageLabs processes millions of messages every second and provides clients with reassurance and security at a low, predictable cost.
MessageLabs provides industry-leading services to guard against email threats such as viruses, spam, identity theft and targeted blackmail campaigns - all of which jeopardize business continuity, regulatory compliance, reputation and brand.
The risk of non-compliance alone can be enough to irrevocably damage a company, leading to prosecution and heavy financial penalties. Unsecured communications and uncontrolled content can also damage relationships with clients, partners and suppliers.
Our services defend organizations against such dangers, allowing clients to control email content, and to secure communications in and out of their organization - via the MessageLabs Protect, MessageLabs Control and MessageLabs Secure services.
MessageLabs specialise in white papers covering topics such as internet security, data protection and Cloud computing.
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Smarter archiving: strengths and weaknesses of the major vendors
Company: Symantec.cloud
The term "enterprise information archiving" incorporates products and solutions for archiving user content (for example, email, files, IM, SharePoint documents.) This paper from Gartner includes a “magic quadrant” of the major vendors, assesses their strengths and weaknesses. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Email Archiving | Published: February 2013| Type: Analyst Report
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+ 5
Email archiving; overcoming the hidden costs of mailbox management
Company: Symantec.cloud
Email archiving isn’t just about keeping copies – by reducing costs associated with searching for old email, it solves everyday business problems and delivers ROI. This whitepaper examines the top mailbox management challenges, and how hosted archiving can provide a cost effective solution VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Email Management | Published: November 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 1
Email archiving and the law
Company: Symantec.cloud
The concept of information governance is not new, but the challenge posed by today’s email volumes is. This white paper examines the latest legal requirements for email archiving and why an effective solution is essential. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Regulatory Compliance (Basel II / Sarbanes Oxley/ HIPPA ) | Published: October 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 5
Ensuring IT security – wherever employees roam
Company: Symantec.cloud
The benefits of faster wireless networks and tools for ‘always on’ working can also make it difficult for IT to enforce policies and safeguard electronic interactions. This whitepaper explores the latest challenges for securing remote workers and how to protect your employees VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Wireless Technologies | Published: October 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 3
The AUP: maximising compliance, minimising risk
Company: Symantec.cloud
The AUP is the bedrock of any organisation’s management of employee email and web use. It can only be effective if it is properly implemented, reviewed and enforced. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Human Resource Management | Published: October 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 4
Rustock moves away from TLS encrypted spam
Company: Symantec.cloud
Rustock has more than doubled the volume of spam sent from each bot per minute. This has resulted in Rustock pumping out more than 46 billion spam emails per day, compared with 43 billion in April VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Endpoint Security | Published: August 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 1
New phishing attack guised as fake PDF reader update
Company: Symantec.cloud
MessageLabs Intelligence identified a new malicious email attack, using PDFs as a hook. This was a little different to the typical PDF related malware as this did not attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in the PDF format, Instead, this attack was seeking to collect credit card details VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Anti-Spam | Published: August 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 4
Break from the routine: Get to grips with cloud security
Company: Symantec.cloud
Routine tasks soak up IT resources; applying software patches, managing hardware, updating virus signatures. Hosted security services can break this routine. Easy to deploy, easy to manage & require no onsite hardware. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Software as a Service (SaaS) | Published: August 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 2
Web threats: The risks ramp up
Company: Symantec.cloud
Web threats don’t just hide in the darkest corners of the internet. The vast majority are legitimate, compromised websites; the kind of sites your employees visit all the time. This paper explores the web threat in 2010 & how to equip your business to defend against it VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Internet Security | Published: July 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 6
Organisations behind the spam, scams and malicious attacks
Company: Symantec.cloud
In June, MessageLabs Intelligence identified an average of 1,598 websites each day harboring malware and other potentially unwanted programs including spyware and adware; a decrease of 9.7% since May. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Internet Security | Published: July 2010| Type: White Paper
Rating: + 5
