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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Symantec Goes After Email Security
Symantec made big news as it announced the creation of its first email security appliance.
The Symantec Mail Security 8000 line confirms what security insiders have known for years—email is one of the most open gateways to any organization—something Symantec intends to fix. The Mail Security 8000 appliance line is Symantec’s first appliance, however Symantec has worked closely with other companies such as IronPort—which licenses Symantec’s Brightmail AntiSpam engine and AntiVirus engine for its C-series appliances.
The only product in the 8100 line initially will be the 8160 appliance, which will retail for $4,995.
“The 8200 series will spot 95 percent of the spam at the gateway and deliver only one false positive per one million e-mails,” said Daniel Freeman, Symantec’s secure e-mail solutions product manager.
The first model, the 8240, is designed for medium sized companies of less than a thousand employees.