FOSTER CITY, Calif. - April 13, 2005 - FaceTime
today warns the IMPact Index jumped to 7, the highest level to
date. The significant increase is a reflection of a number of new
threats including a high risk MSN Messenger 6.2 vulnerability that
can potentially affect anyone using the MSN Messenger network. For
this recent MSN Messenger vulnerability, Microsoft recommends
businesses immediately download the update located at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=12750556-D4D0-42D6-9F05-1FF3C799BB10&displaylang=en
to avoid further network risk exposure. As part of its security
initiative, FaceTime offers remediation that will enable full
protection against new flaws from propagating and causing serious
network damage. FaceTime's Enterprise Edition products provide
detection and blocking for out of policy IM, P2P, IRC and other
real-time communications traffic on your network. For a
comprehensive list of IM and P2P threats and the latest threat
index visit the IMPact Center: http://www.facetime.com/impactcenter
FaceTime Security Initiatives
The FaceTime IM and P2P Activity (IMPact) Team is the only focused
and specialized intelligence and response organization addressing
the rapid proliferation of new IM and P2P threats and provides an
aggregate risk level of the day's threats, with the IMPact Index.
The IMPact Team is comprised of FaceTime's security experts working
from FaceTime's U.S. and India locations to monitor, analyze and
report on all malicious IM and P2P-related activity. The team
delivers documented countermeasures to the IT community at large to
instantly defend against the latest attacks. FaceTime also offers a
Vulnerability Assessment Survey and Test (VAST), a free service
that helps companies identify potential IM and P2P threats in their
enterprise. The assessment consists of three conclusive steps
including evaluation of existing IM and P2P network policies,
procedures and products; specialized testing for real-time
communications-based vulnerabilities; and a detailed report with
resolution recommendations. To sign up for a vulnerability
assessment, visit http://www.facetime.com/vulnerability
About Actiance, Inc. (Formerly FaceTime Communications, Inc.)
FaceTime Communications became Actiance, Inc on January 11, 2011 following an agreement to
transfer the FaceTime trademark to Apple.
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0,
including instant messaging, blogs and social networking. Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive
years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers for the security,
management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships
with all leading IM, unified communications providers and social networks including AOL, Google, Yahoo!,
Skype, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-3223.
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