Small Business VoIP

Webroot, a provider of security solutions for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, has announced the integration of Mailshell’s LiveFeed reputation service to provide additional protection from spam, phishing and other emerging e-mail-borne threats.

 

The first deployment of Mailshell Engine for Webroot will be in Webroot E-mail Security SaaS (News - Alert). In addition, Webroot has licensed the technology for use in its other product lines.

 

Noting that over the coming year, each business e-mail inbox will be hit with over 42,000 spam messages, Mike Irwin, COO at Webroot, said that Webroot’s goal is to filter spam and phishing attempts in the cloud to keep company networks as clean as possible.

 

“We tested several new reputation technologies and were impressed with Mailshell LiveFeed’s speed, accuracy and ease of use,” he added. “With their advanced statistical modeling techniques, Webroot will continue to re-define ‘enterprise-class’.

 

Irwin expects that by delivering this substantial new capability in their security software-as-a-service offering, customers will immediately be able to experience the advantages of this capability without the costly and slow process of upgrading appliances and on-premise software solutions.

 

Research firms have noted that e-mail spam can account for over 95 percent of a company’s daily e-mail traffic, and viruses transported via spam are a top security concern for SMB and enterprise technology decision makers.

 

Webroot’s officials pointed out that their E-mail Security SaaS alleviates these concerns by utilizing a multi-layer approach to spam filtering that includes careful attention to connection management and integration of multiple best of breed filters to block the maximum quantities of spam with the lowest possible rate of false positives.

 

LiveFeed also helps Webroot E-mail Security SaaS provide detection of spam bots by identifying servers connecting to public mail servers against the IP owner’s terms of use.

 

Webroot E-mail Security SaaS can now provide granular trust ratings with automated adjustment over time as reputations change. Officials explained that by focusing reputation on mathematical models, rather than simply a ‘black list’ approach, language-agnostic detection can be more accurate and highly scalable.

 

Additional anti-spam capabilities include the tracking and updating of reputations in real-time through data collected from spam traps, OEM partners uploading anonymous data statistics from applications, a collaborative end-user network, and data sharing partnerships.

 

“Webroot has demonstrated its commitment to building and sourcing the best forms of protection for its customers,” said Tonny Yu, CEO at Mailshell. “Its use of multiple, complementary techniques ensure its customers are protected both from existing attacks as well as new, unforeseen threats.”