FOSTER CITY, CALIF. - November 14, 2006 -
FaceTime Communications, the leading provider of solutions for
securing and managing greynets, today announced FaceTime Internet
Security Edition to provide enterprises with total security and
control over Web and real-time Internet communications. By
combining core gateway security capabilities such as Web filtering
and anti-spyware with security for today's greynet applications on
a single platform with common policy and management, FaceTime
Internet Security Edition reduces complexity and increases
efficiency of the enterprise security infrastructure to reduce
overall total cost of ownership.
FaceTime Internet Security Edition is purpose-built to enable
the safe and productive use of more than one hundred greynet
applications including instant messaging (IM), Web conferencing,
peer-to-peer file sharing and Skype™. Additionally, it allows
enterprises to implement security and control for Web traffic and
protect against malware that can spread via the Web and other
greynet channels. With FaceTime Internet Security Edition,
enterprises can implement powerful policies that detect, secure and
manage real-time collaborative applications while preventing
inbound threats, minimizing information leakage and controlling
employee Internet use.
"The internet applications used on our network today are far
different than a few years ago," said Jimmy Daniels, computer
programmer for the West Virginia Department of Education. "With a
growing faculty and student population, we rely on FaceTime
Internet Security Edition to show us what people are doing on the
network and to control how they can use the Internet. Our network
hasn't been this clean in years."
Security Exposure is Increasing with Greynet
Use
Greynets - real-time communication applications that are often
brought in the back door by employees - use highly evasive
techniques to circumvent the network security infrastructure
designed primarily for email and protocol-conforming Web traffic.
As a result, they pose myriad network and information security
risks because they provide new vectors for malware, intellectual
property loss, identity theft and compliance risks. Nonetheless,
employees find the productivity benefits of these applications
compelling. In fact, 83 percent of all employees are using one or
more of these applications, according to a recent survey by
NewDilligence and FaceTime, November 2006.
Threats borne by greynet applications have a high cost to the
organization; eighty one percent of IT managers reported security
incidents due to IM or other greynets, costing companies an
estimated $130,000 per year on average. ("Employee Use of
Greynets: Second Annual Survey of Trends, Attitudes and Impact"
report available at http://www.facetime.com/greynetresearch)
"Organizations realize that having multiple layers of protection
is the only way to protect against the many threats that lurk in
the shadows when people use the Web," said Mark Levitt, vice
president for Collaborative Computing and the Enterprise Workplace
at IDC. "Building on FaceTime's expertise in enabling instant
messaging to be used safely and securely in the workplace, FaceTime
Internet Security Edition is designed to enable workers to use the
Web for online meetings, file sharing, voice calls and other
business purposes in a safe and productive manner."
Total Control for Web and Real-time
Communications
For IT and information security managers, FaceTime Internet
Security Edition provides best-of-breed greynet security backed by
FaceTime Security Labs, combined with San Jose, Calif.-based Secure
Computing's industry-leading SmartFilter™ Web filtering. FaceTime
Internet Security Edition operates on a purpose-built appliance
platform designed to detect and interpret all Internet activity
with zero latency. Enterprises can manage employee use of all
Internet channels-both greynets and the Web-with a single solution
using unified policy management.
FaceTime Internet Security Edition is a unified security
solution that includes:
- RTGuardian - next generation perimeter security solution for
managing Web filtering, securing instant messaging, blocking P2P
usage and preventing the spread of spyware and adware at the
Internet gateway
- Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM) - a centralized management,
reporting and control server in the LAN that also enables
organizations to perform targeted remediation and inoculation on
infected end points
- FaceTime Security Labs updates - automatic updates and
countermeasures to the latest malware threats from FaceTime's
threat research and remediation division
FaceTime's patent-pending targeted remediation feature performs
policy-based remediation on endpoints infected with spyware,
adware, rootkits, and other malware without deploying client
software. Based on detections from perimeter RTGuardian appliances,
GEM initiates targeted scans and remediation of any managed PC or
group of PCs according to policies set by the network
administrator. Its clientless architecture ensures efficient
cleaning and inoculation of endpoints to prevent future infections,
increasing end-user productivity and reducing IT costs.
Comprehensive, real-time reporting enables security managers to
obtain immediate visibility over Internet and real-time
communications usage on the network, and to easily create a variety
of pre-defined as well as custom reports and schedule their
delivery to management for further review.
With FaceTime Internet Security Edition, organizations can:
- Reduce operational expenses by consolidating disparate Internet
security solutions into a single unified solution that is easier to
deploy and maintain
- Improve decision-making about security issues and Internet
usage through integrated real-time reporting and monitoring and
compatibility with leading third-party reporting applications
- Trigger targeted, clientless remediation process for malware on
infected endpoints using Microsoft sanctioned technologies to
efficiently clean and inoculate PCs
- Reduce administrative time with centralized enforcement of all
Internet usage over Web, IM, P2P, and other greynet channels
- Monitor and control access to inappropriate Web sites that can
waste company resources, create legal liability, and consume
bandwidth required for business critical applications.
- Block malware at the Internet gateway before it can impact the
business
"Most organizations want a simpler and more unified way to
manage employee use of all Internet communications," said Frank
Cabri, vice president of marketing at FaceTime Communications.
"Internet Security Edition provides the reporting, visibility and
control so corporate acceptable use policies can be easily mapped
to the network and enforced according to the unique needs of the
business."
Pricing and Availability
FaceTime Internet Security Edition starts at $7,125 and is
available from FaceTime and its authorized distributors and
partners worldwide on November 30, 2006. For more information visit
www.facetime.com.
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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