Plus: Sygate beefs up security software
Network Associates’ McAfee Security division unveiled its SpamKiller line of anti-spam appliances that can be configured to block unsolicited e-mail using rules-based scanning and scoring. The three models are the $1,700 SpamKiller e250, which can filter 25,000 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol messages per hour; SpamKiller e500, which costs about $7,700 and can filter 40,000 SMTP messages per hour; and SpamKiller e1000, which costs about $12,600 and can filter 60,000 SMTP messages per hour.
Sygate has beefed up its security software making it possible to secure all endpoints on a network – servers, desktops, via remote access or on the LAN – by making sure they are compliant with corporate security policies. Sygate Secure Enterprise 3.5 software can deny or restrict use of corporate networks by any machine running a Secure Enterprise agent. Agents check whether machines have the proper operating system configurations, appropriate patches and security applications such as firewalls, anti-virus and intrusion detection. Devices that come don’t comply with the policies can be monitored, blocked from network access or referred to update servers. Another new feature with the 3.5 release called Policy Arbitration lets an individual user control what other machines can access on his machine. The software is compatible with Windows operating systems from Windows 95 through Windows Server 2003. Version 3.5 ships now and costs $15 to $70 for a single seat, depending on the features enabled.
