FOSTER CITY, CALIF - November 1, 2005 -
FaceTime Communications, the leading provider of solutions for
securing IM, P2P and spyware, today announced the immediate
availability of IMAuditor 6.5, the industry's premier IM security
solution, along with guaranteed protection against worms
propagating through all major public IM systems. The "Worm Free
Guarantee" represents the security industry's first explicit
program to offer compensation upon a single instance of an IM worm
propagating in the customer's environment. The new program is made
possible through patent-pending technology within IMAuditor 6.5
that protects organizations at a level unmatched by conventional,
signature-based products.
"IM security is no longer a luxury, it's a must have," says
Michael Osterman of Osterman Research. "Companies like FaceTime
clearly recognize the need for visibility and protection of greynet
applications like IM, and FaceTime's worm-free guarantee is a
significant benefit to organizations that need to protect against
new threats that can harm an enterprise."
A new IM threat has the greatest propensity to spread and infect
organizations immediately after it is released by the creator. IM
threats are extremely challenging for corporate IT because they
utilize real-time communications channels and proven social
engineering techniques to propagate significantly faster than
email-based attacks. Products that rely on signatures alone and
require organizations to wait hours or even days for a new
signature to be created, tested and distributed are virtually
ineffective in defending against IM threats. The FaceTime IMAuditor
6.5 utilizes behavioral attributes such as message frequency,
content matching, and URL identification - in addition to
traditional signatures - to detect malicious activity and stop
infections before they occur.
"IM is an incredibly powerful tool, but also presents an
incredibly real threat to the enterprise, said Kailash Ambwani, CEO
of FaceTime Communications. "Even a short 'window of vulnerability'
for IM based attacks is unacceptable. Enterprise organizations
require a solution that prevents new infections before they start.
With our patent-pending technology and our 'Worm-Free Guarantee'
customers can be confident that their network is protected."
FaceTime's IMAuditor is used by the world's largest organizations
to secure and manage the use of both enterprise and public IM, and
ensure IM communications comply with corporate policy and
regulatory requirements. The new IMAuditor 6.5 features
include:
- Expanded spIM blocking - Create explicit rules that eliminate
spIM in your organization through the ability to block, allow, or
challenge messages meeting identified criteria. Utilizes a
combination of white/black lists, custom rules, and patent-pending
challenge/response mechanism to enable administrators and security
officers to manage external solicitations (spIM), while allowing
legitimate IM
- Robust reporting - Provide thorough visibility into IM usage
across the enterprise and deliver actionable data for the business
executive and the security administrator. Through pre-configured or
custom reports and new scheduling features, comprehensive data on
IM usage, infections, top users and more can be easily identified
and communicated to multiple audiences within the organization
- Day Zero Defense System - Protect against worms delivered over
public and enterprise IM systems using anomaly detection techniques
to analyze multiple characteristics of IM conversations against
normal behavior
- File Transfer Security - Allow or restrict attachments to
incoming and outgoing communications by file type, source domain or
transfer method
- Granular Disclaimer Policies - In addition to configuring legal
disclosure notices at the company, group, and user levels,
administrators can now enable or disable disclaimers for any
licensed IM network
IM, P2P and spyware applications are part of a category of
networked applications that FaceTime calls 'greynets.' Greynets are
network-enabled applications that are installed on an end user's
system without permission from IT and are highly evasive to
existing security infrastructure.
The "Worm Free Guarantee" and IMAuditor 6.5 are available as of
October 28, 2005. To learn more contact your FaceTime
representative.
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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