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Unified Threat Management Platform Expands Mail Security

• By David Nagel
• November 19, 2007

Check Point's Unified Threat Management platform includes a line of UTM-1 appliances and VPN-1 UTM software that are designed to provide intrusion prevention and protection against spam and mail-borne viruses.

New in the latest versions are features that provide a second level of virus and malware security. These features include technologies for detecting patterns for previously unknown malware and virus threats to provide zero-hour protection. They also include enhanced protection against spam and phishing attacks, adding filtering by the reputation of the sender.

Other UTM-1/VPN-1 UTM features include:

• Block listings for manual creation of denied and accepted addresses;
• Filtering based on the reputation of the IP address of the sender;
• Protection from threats against the messaging infrastructure;
• Antivirus signature scanning;
• Outbreak pattern analysis for identifying new threats from viruses and malware; and
• Content pattern analysis to identify spam and phishing attacks.

Company representatives told us Check Point's multi-layer approach to detecting spam provides about 97 percent effectiveness, with about one in one million e-mails resulting in false positives.

The updated versions of the appliances and software are available now, with UTM-1 appliances starting at $7,500.