Cisco Breaks New Ground in E-mail Security

Cisco IronPort Is First Security Vendor to Offer Flexible Portfolio of Appliance-Based Managed, Hosted and Hybrid E- mail Protection Services.

 

Cisco's new managed, hosted and hybrid hosted e-mail security services provide the industry's most versatile set of e-mail protection offerings.

As businesses demand greater agility and flexibility in how they collaborate, the Cisco® IronPort® Email Security services are aimed at providing them with complete choice and control over where their e-mail security is deployed and managed, whether it be on premise, off-site, in the cloud or a combination of the three.

Cisco IronPort Hosted Email Security Solution

• Protection is delivered via a dedicated e-mail infrastructure hosted in a network of Cisco data centers.
• Unlike other hosted e-mail security solutions, the Cisco IronPort offering has no shared infrastructure. This provides organizations with the highest uptime while maximizing protection of sensitive data from contamination risks.
• The cloud-based model supports corporate green initiatives by reducing the corporate data center's energy and physical footprint, reducing power, cooling and operational expenses.
• Customers retain control of hosted devices with co-managed device access and can access real-time reports and modify configurations without service ticket response delays.
• Capacity assurance provides scalable protection enabling for future growth of spam volume

Cisco IronPort Hybrid Hosted Email Security Solution

• The benefits of on-premise and cloud-based solutions are combined, as control of inbound traffic is enabled in the cloud, and outbound controls, such as data-loss prevention and encryption, can be handled on a customer's premise.
• Organizations can take advantage of the efficiencies of the cloud but maintain physical control of on-premise equipment for handling sensitive data.
• With a common management interface spanning both the hosted and on-premise equipment, the hybrid solution delivers unified centralized reporting, message tracking and quarantine.
• All future capacity requirements for hosted and on-premise infrastructure is included in each year's annual service fee.

Cisco IronPort Managed Email Security Service

• A state-of-the-art service is staffed by Cisco e-mail security experts who remotely manage and monitor customers' e-mail infrastructure.
• The service provides the high level of data security inherent in on-site e-mail security appliances while taking advantage of the flexibility to delegate some or all management and maintenance responsibilities, allowing information technology staff members to focus on other strategic initiatives.
• Companies can eliminate ongoing training and avoid additional spending on dedicated hardware for managing rising spam volumes.
• Capital expenses on hardware are reduced with a simplified per-user, per-year pricing model that can be included in the operational expense budget.
• Customer support is available 24x7 through security operations centers staffed by Cisco e-mail security experts