Germany s Net at Work Improves Anti-Spam and Anti-Malware Offering with Commtouch Technology
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & PADERBORN, Germany--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--The German independent software vendor, Net at Work, recently selected Commtouch® (NASDAQ:CTCH) Recurrent Pattern Detection™ technology to improve spam and malware detection in its NoSpamProxy Gateway software.
Net at Work has implemented [ Commtouch's Anti-Spam ] and [ Zero-Hour™ Virus Outbreak Protection ] solutions, in addition to its own in-house mail filtering techniques and its use of public blocklists.
"As spam and malware technology is constantly evolving, we chose Commtouch's [ Recurrent Pattern Detection ] technology, since it provides the fastest possible defense for new spam and malware outbreaks," said Uwe Ulbrich, chief executive officer of Net at Work. "Our customers are benefiting twice over, both from the new virus protection that protects at the zero-hour, and the improved anti-spam. NoSpamProxy is now a tightly integrated solution for filtering mail at the gateway."
NoSpamProxy is a gateway solution that includes intelligent filter technologies, known as "Level of Trust" dynamic reputation technology. It is targeted at mid-sized companies (50-1000 employees) and Internet service providers throughout primarily Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Commtouch RPD is a content and language agnostic technology that blocks spam and malware with superior detection rates and low false positives. A recent example reported by the German Web site [ www.heise.de ] discussed how mail servers throughout German-speaking Europe were hammered with email messages purporting to be debt collection, but in reality contained malware. At the time they were reported, most anti-virus engines did not block them, however Commtouch RPD technology did block these malicious messages.
A Net at Work client recently reported the immediate benefits resulting from the new Commtouch implementation when its network became a target of this attack. "Because of the added protection with Commtouch RPD technology, every email from the outbreak was caught before it damaged our network. We are very pleased with this high level of security," said Ove Starckjohann, IT Manager at Norddeutsche Vermögen Holding GmbH & Co. KG.
"It is a real achievement for Commtouch to be selected by the anti-spam experts at Net at Work," said Ido Hadari, Commtouch's vice president of international sales & business development. "We are pleased to be working with Net at Work, as an added layer providing enhanced detection and zero-hour virus protection in their mail filtering solution."
About Net At Work
Net at Work Netzwerksysteme GmbH was founded in 1995 with headquarters in Paderborn. As an independent software vendor partner and systems house, the company provides SME companies from all sectors with their IT infrastructure solutions, as well as with business solutions for the optimization of business processes. NoSpamProxy is based upon an idea and concept of Frank Carius, founding member and senior consultant of Net at Work.
About Commtouch
Commtouch® (NASDAQ:CTCH) is the source of proven messaging and web security technology for over 100 security companies and service providers, founded on a unique datacenter-based approach. Commtouch's expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in its patented technology being used to mitigate Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in over 130 countries. Commtouch's Global Detection Centers automatically analyze billions of transactions in real-time to identify new spam, malware and zombie outbreaks as they are initiated. Commtouch's unmatched suite of security offerings – anti-spam, virus detection, reputation and zombie intelligence services – work together in a comprehensive feedback loop. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information and real-time statistics and trends, see: [ http://www.commtouch.com ] and the Commtouch Café blog at [ http://blog.commtouch.com/cafe ].
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.