Email & Web Filtering

Overview

The threat from viruses is on the increase, with variants occurring almost daily that could attack your IT networks and hardware. The results can be devastating: lost files, damage to hardware and countless hours of lost time and productivity while the problem is resolved. According to Gartner: "85-90% of mail is spam, and up to 6% of all emails contain a virus", furthermore "the web (or, more generally, the Internet) is the primary source of malware infection".

hSo's email and web filtering services use pro-active scanners to look for threats on inbound and outbound emails and web traffic 24 hours a day. When the scanners find a potential threat, virus suppression software is instantly activated which will completely block the viruses and their variants before they have a chance to damage your data or your hardware or to spread through your organisation.

How Does It Work?

hSo works with industry leader Webroot to deliver a managed email and web filtering service that blocks viruses long before they can enter your systems to damage your hardware or affect your email and web applications.

Our email and web filtering scans for viruses outside your corporate network, identifying and blocking known and as yet unknown viruses before they have a chance to enter your network and cause damage and lost productivity. All your inbound and outbound email and web traffic is scanned by four separate industry-leading scanners, ensuring maximum protection but without affecting how users see their email or use the web and without slowing down email traffic.

You can also choose to add business-grade filters to protect against spam and pornography and to protect your servers from junk mail.

As hSo's email and web filtering service is fully managed, you don't have to allocate any additional resource to protect your network, freeing up your in-house IT professionals to perform tasks that support the development of your business.

Why hSo?

hSo's email and web filtering service works with our other security solutions to keep your network protected - without impeding the flow of data traffic into and out of your organisation.

Our fully-managed filtering service uses multiple virus scanning engines to block potential threats before they can enter the network. The service uses heuristics - the practice of identifying and blocking new and embryo viruses before they have even been classified. We also include a monthly report summarising attacks on your email and web infrastructure as part of the service.

hSo's email and web filtering incorporates pro-active monitoring from our technical network operations centre (NOC). We provide 24/7 customer service by phone or email and rigid service level agreements (SLAs), so that you can be sure that you are working with a trusted partner.

Key Benefits

 

• Fully managed service identifies viruses before they enter your network
• Multiple virus scanning engines from hSo's world-leading virus protection partner, Webroot
• New viruses are blocked before they have even been recognised through heuristic scanning
• Scanning of inbound and outbound traffic
• Ability to detect and suppress viruses and their variants
• Invisible to users - no delay to emails or impediment to web traffic
• Optional anti-spam and anti-porn filters
• Highly cost-effective solution
• 24/7 customer phone or email support