Exchange>>Security Wednesday, March 10, 2010


Guaranteed delivery of genuine messages

Businesses of all sizes are coming under increasing pressure to manage electronic messaging (including Instant Messages) and comply with the growing Security and Continuity regulations placed upon them. In the UK, the biggest threat SMB’s face for managing this compliance headache comes from email SPAM or VIRUSES received into stand alone mailboxes (hotmail etc) which then quickly spread across the network to infect all connected machines.

 

A low cost subscription service using multiple antivirus engines to continually provide definition updates (minimum 3 at any one time). Operated in partnership with Microsoft it is considered the most cost-effective solution for companies to ensure the availability and security of their messaging.

 


How it works

The engine behind Exchange Hosted Services is Microsoft's own globally distributed network of data centres linked directly to the Internet backbone. Each centre uses fault-tolerant server infrastructure and load balancing technologies to ensure that, in the unlikely event of a Data centre “going down”, email traffic is quickly routed between sites and services are not interrupted.

 

The service operates by incorporating multiple layers of additional security to help protect your business by filtering through all inbound and outbound emails to remove the threat of Worms, Viruses, SPAM, Phishing scams and email policy violations.

These multilayer defences help block malicious email or “malware” from your company’s local network, the service allows you to set up your own rules to manage compliance with government regulations and “clean” 99% of all email before it gets to you.