95.4% of all email traffic we received during the last 30 days was spam… Good job Ironport!

Nokia has announced Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite 8.0, the industry’s most comprehensive platform for business mobility. The new software release combines a comprehensive platform of wireless email, file synchronization and application synchronization, with the robust security, asset collection and reporting of fully integrated device management.

With this new release, Nokia responds to customer feedback by delivering an uncompromised approach to both flexibility and support for today’s business demands. With an increased choice of supported devices and platforms from virtually every vendor, covering S60 and UIQ on Symbian OS, Palm, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and more, the flexibility on how and to whom mobility can be delivered has been given back to businesses.

At the same time, Nokia introduced the second wave of the Nokia Eseries portfolio with a trio of feature-packed, design-rich devices – the all-inclusive Nokia E90 Communicator, the stylish slider Nokia E65 device, and the slim email-optimized Nokia E61i device. Each new Nokia Eseries device features a combination of advanced technologies that will enhance the way people experience work in a mobile world, by allowing faster and better quality access to important information for greater collaboration and productivity.

The three devices are fully compatible with the new Intellisync platform.

Those of you who do not have the chance to use the Nokia Intellisync platform for mobile email and have to install a BlackBerry infrastructure instead, should have a look at the BlackBerry dedicated security page. It’s a good resource to understand how the product works and more importantly, how it can be secured.

Apart from the technical controls, don’t forget to update your corporate security policy with the mobility aspects and develop a user awareness program. These two steps are particularly important when you consider who in your company is going to use this type of product.

If you work for a financial institution located in Luxembourg, have a look at chapter 8 of the CSSF 2005 annual report. Paragraph 2.2.1 is about push-mail and BlackBerry. It clarifies the position of the CSSF on the subject and gives some recommendations about implementation.

IronPort’s Email Security appliances provide administrators with fingertip control to manage all email security, including preventive and reactive anti-spam and anti-virus filters.

Virus Outbreak Filtersâ„¢ and IronPort Reputation Filterâ„¢ technologies scan inbound and outbound messages and respond immediately to spam and virus attacks. Messages that pass through this layer are scanned by industry leading anti-spam and anti-virus technologies.

Taken together, these features and capabilities allow financial services companies address the full range of requirements in each part of the email lifecycle, from message creation and distribution, to management, storage, and eventual disposal. By using or utilizing open standards, and close alliances with leading vendors of archiving, encryption, anti-spam, and anti-virus products, IronPort ensures its users are provided with access to both a unified platform and integrated best-of-breed products.

Ironport has been acquired by Cisco two weeks ago, but will continue to operate as an independent business unit within Cisco’s security technology group.

Tufin SecureTrack is an innovative Firewall policy Change Management solution that delivers advanced Auditing, Monitoring and Compliance.

Using SecureTrack, you can monitor Firewall policy changes in real-time and validate that each change conforms with planned change requests and corporate policies.

In addition, SecureTrack improves Firewall change visibility and maintains a detailed Audit trail for compliance with the strictest IT security regulations and standards.

For more information about Tufin SecureTrack, do not hesitate to contact us.