What it does:  It stops spam, viruses, spyware, phishing, trojans, worms and other malware before it gets into your company.  It also filters out content you don’t want coming in – like pornography, and hatemail – and content you don’t want going out – like confidential data, financials and customer names.

Why an appliance:  Email security defenses such as anti-spam, anti-virus and content filtering, can be deployed in three ways: as software, as an appliance and as a managed service.

With MIMEsweeper, the choice is even easier. Because the same MIMEsweeper content filtering engine is available however you choose to deploy it:

• As software – for granular tune-ability and greater control.
• As an appliance – when you want immediate ‘plug’n’play’.
• As a managed service – for predictable costs with nothing to maintain.

Most vendors commit themselves to one of these and defend it as if they were waging a war. Clearswift approach the issue a bit differently.

Clearswift believes that all three delivery methods have their place and the best solution often involves a combination. That’s why they are the only vendor to offer comprehensive email security in all three form factors.

For small companies or deployments, a typical appliance or a managed service should be sufficient.

Medium-sized and larger enterprises adopt a layered security approach, deploying perimeter defenses at the gateway (often on appliances) and more tune-able defenses inside the firewall (often as software).

The appliance advantages:  Choose MIMEsweeper as an appliance if you want to simplify email security at the gateway without compromising on accuracy and vigilance.

• All the software is bundled in and pre-integrated
• The Linux OS is already hardened and installed
• Updates to profiles, software and the OS are all automatic
• Deployed in under an hour
• Management is entirely web-based with an easy to use GUI

1) SpanLogic anti-spam:
A completely new anti-spam solution developed in association with John Graham-Cumming, one of the world’s leading experts on fighting spam.

2) Kaspersky anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-phishing:
Quite simply at the cutting edge of the anti-virus world. Kaspersky pushes out more signatures than anyone and wins more awards, too. 

3) MIMEsweeping content filtering:
Content filtering stops the less obvious threats that are even more dangerous than spam and viruses. Like confidential customer data being mailed to a competitor, and illegal, immoral or just plain unpleasant material coming in or out. It prevents the leaking of information that could put businesses in breach of regulations such as SEC, NASD, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Basel II, or the Data Protection Act. MIMEsweeper invented content filtering and we’re still streets ahead of everyone else.

4) All pre-loaded on a hardened Linux appliance:
Clearswift started with the Linux kernel, stripped out everything unnecessary, removed all exploits and tested it almost to destruction.

5) And wrapped in a Dell box:
You’ve all heard of Dell. Their reputation for hardware excellence was the reason Clearwsift chose them.

6) With the best management interface in the appliance market:
It’s entirely web-based, it drives like a BMW and it’s as intuitive as a toaster.

7) And supported by Clearswift Support:
A truly global support network which means you’re never far away from someone who knows email security inside out.