Virus/SPAM Protection

The challenges that the Virus and SPAM protection service address:

• Filters virus-infected e-mails
• Continuously updates anti-virus definition files.
• Filtering out SPAM-related traffic.

As the need for rapid communication and correspondence has grown, the use of e-mail has increased exponentially in recent years. The increased use of e-mail includes new risks, such as e-mail viruses. One of the difficulties of monitoring e-mails is that a virus could spread across the entire Internet in one day, meaning that the antivirus system needs constant updates. Together with the increase in popularity of e-mail as a means of communication, there has also been a large increase in the amount of junk mail, a.k.a. spam. Spam has become a growing problem since it fills users' mailboxes with unwanted advertisements that consume the resources of e-mail systems and users. E-mail system administrators also face problems such as when senders of spam use incorrectly configured or vulnerable e-mail systems to forward e-mails. The sender conceals his or her identity in this way behind others' e-mail systems and thereby avoids getting caught. This can result in the affected organization being blacklisted and then having difficulties sending e-mails outside the organization.

The service provides:

• Hardware and software for anti-virus systems and spam protection including updates.
• Protection from dangerous e-mail messages sent to or from the company.
• Customized filter for spam-related e-mail.
• Round-the-clock monitoring of the incoming system.
• Implementation of changes to incoming systems at the request of the customer with complete history.
• Freeing up of internal resources.
• Support for fulfilling standard requirements, SOX, PCI, etc.
• Well-defined content in service - specified in
• the SLA.

Reporting
Secode's Virus/SPAM protection service includes monthly summary reports containing all events during the period.

Result
With this service Secode ensures that incoming and outgoing e-mails are virus-free and significantly reduces the amount of spam related e-mails. The customer receives continuous, 24/7, real time protection with immediate access to specialists.