IronPort, an email security firm, has launched the IronPort Web Reputation technology. IronPort’s Web Reputation technology measures the behavior and traffic patterns of a website to assess its legitimacy.


IronPort, an email security firm, has launched the IronPort Web Reputation technology. IronPort’s Web Reputation echnology measures the behavior and traffic patterns of a website to assess its legitimacy.

The analysis helps IronPort to protect IronPort anti-spam users from spam, viruses, phishing and spyware threats.

Tom Gillis, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing at IronPort Systems. Said: “In the last 6 months, we have seen a 200% increase in email borne spyware. Clearly, the authors of these threats are blending email, web and even IM technologies to find the weak spot in the network.” [Source]

Web Reputation is a new addition to IronPort’s anti-spam system. The system evaluates the context of a message by analyzing the content of the message, construction, and the sender’s reputation.

Patrick Peterson, vice president of technology at IronPort Systems, said: “Reputation is based on network parameters that are almost impossible to obfuscate. mail and web reputation broaden the context in which a message is evaluated delivering industry leading accuracy for IronPort Anti-Spam.” [Source]

IronPort’s Web Reputation technology is part of IronPort Anti-Spam. It is available for IronPort Anti-Spam customers without any software upgrade.

To know more about IronPort Anti-Spam, click here.

 

 

 

 

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