McAfee, Inc. today announced McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 Designed for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), the solution provides comprehensive email and Web security in a single, integrated appliance. It ought to help protect customers against the latest email and Web-borne threats, manage Web and email traffic and usage, and reduce system administration requirements.
According to McAfee the new appliances offer better than 99 percent spam detection accuracy and are backed by the #1 ranked anti-malware detection technology in the industry. By integrating with McAfee’s real-time, cloud-based global threat intelligence, the appliances provide increased visibility into Web and email-based threats.
The McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances include new features and functionality, including:
- Artemis and Trusted Source technology: The first appliance release from McAfee that links to global threat intelligence from its Artemis and TrustedSource technologies, the most precise and comprehensive threat intelligence system in the world.
- Appliance Clustering with Load Balancing: Multiple appliances can be clustered to share scanning responsibilities for improved resiliency, scalability and consolidated management and reporting.
- Simplified Installation: Auto-detects network settings and provides an easy to use configuration wizard, helping to simplify installation requirements, reduce installation time and improve the overall user experience.
- New Content Policy Wizards: Simplified creation and set up of content policies through configuration wizards. Advanced dictionaries simplify policy creation, enable greater enforcement flexibility and reduce false positives and configuration errors.
- Integrated URL Filtering: URL filtering is included at no additional cost. Integrated into the appliance, the URL filtering includes more than 90 Web site categories providing granular Web usage monitoring and policy enforcement. The URL filtering also includes the McAfee Web Reporter package for simplified viewing of Web utilization and trends.
The McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 is expected to be available globally later this quarter. McAfee is offering a 30-day Buyer’s Assurance Program (BAP) for Appliances across the United States, Canada and Latin America. With the BAP, customers may purchase a appliance and return within thirty days for a refund if they are not completely satisfied with the product. (Source: McAfee, Inc./GST)