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post Jun 28 2004, 10:31 AM [ Post #1 ]


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Jay Wrolstad, www.enterprise-security-today.com

IBM (NYSE: IBM - news) is taking a proactive approach to battling spam, launching a security program aimed at protecting companies that find themselves under increasing attacks initiated through e-mail communications.


Big Blue's security management services offering uses technology from e-mail security provider MessageLabs. It provides antivirus predictive message-scanning capabilities, image filtering and an anti-spam application to identify and isolate unwanted e-mail.


Predictive Technology


The key is preventing individual users from receiving spam by filtering messages before they penetrate the corporate system, said Michel Bobillier, global offering executive for IBM's security and privacy services division.


"We can assist companies by eliminating the need for each user to block unwanted e-mail, and we now have the technology to catch viruses before they are announced," Bobillier told NewsFactor. A critical component is an algorithm that scans for patterns and recognizes unauthorized mass e-mails, he explained.


IBM is responding to requests from customers that have raised a hue and cry about the plethora of viruses spreading via e-mail that have emerged in the past 18 months, said Bobillier. "Spam can overload the corporate network, and it is an entry point for network sabotage as attacks are increasingly moving to the desktop," he said.

A Growing Concern


A new report from Nucleus Research confirms that spam is an expensive headache for businesses, with the average cost of spam per year, per employee now at US$1,934.


The average employee receives nearly 7,500 spam messages per year, up from 3,500 in 2003, the report states. Average lost productivity per year, per employee is 3.1 percent, up from 1.4 percent in 2003. Companies using spam filters report that on average they are able to filter only 20 percent of the incoming spam, down from a reported 26 percent in 2003.


Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO - news) is taking on the problem as well, announcing plans to integrate Trend Micro's (Nasdaq: TMIC - news) anti-virus technology with its software. Cisco will incorporate Tokyo-based Trend Micro's anti-virus and anti-worm technologies with its own Intrusion Detection System software, used on routers, switches and network-security appliances.


Pricing for IBM's security-management services vary, depending upon the number of users and amount of services purchased. The cost is $1-$2 per user, per month for a single service, and rises incrementally.


"Businesses want to close the gap between the appearance of a virus and the time the signature is identified, and that is what we can now offer," Bobillier said.


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