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The proliferation of Instant Messaging (IM) communication tools in the corporate
network has never been greater. MSN Messenger, AIM and Yahoo! have quickly and quietly
entered most enterprise networks, enabling employee communication.
However, IM also represents one the fastest growing security threats to the corporate
including Viruses, Worms, Trojans and Spam over IM (SPIM). Lack of control and monitoring
can lead to productivity losses from personal use and confidentiality breaches from
information leaks. In addition IM is now subject to the same rigorous compliance
regulations as email, requiring archiving and logging of all IM messages.
IT administrators are stuck searching for a workable solution. They recognize the
risks of unrestricted IM usage, however they can't just switch it off. Simply blocking
traffic at the firewall is ineffective since IM will always find a route out and
this diminishes the valuable productivity benefits of controlled IM use.
ScanSafe IM Control is the world's first integrated web and IM security service
designed with a ‘defence-in-depth' approach. Built from the ground up to support
extremely high performance scanning, it secures your organization from the threats
that IM can present to your network. With a simple configuration change all outbound
and inbound IM traffic is scanned and managed for security, compliance and productivity
threats without the need for you to maintain any hardware or software.
The IM Control service provides:
- Complete threat prevention (Viruses, Worms , Trojans, SPIM)
- Customizable content management
- Client and user control
- Compliance logging and archiving
- Support for the widest range of public IM Clients
IM Control Features
- Monitor, log and audit IM use, generate customizable scheduled reports
- Real time alerts for threats or attempted policy breaches
- Link screen names to users, ensuring full accountability
- Enforce your company's acceptable use policy for IM
- Standardize the IM network for your organization
- Compliance logging that integrates with your company's email archiving solutions
Don't let IM be a risk to your company's security or productivity. Contact us to
find out more.
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