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MessageLabs is the leading provider of managed email security
services to businesses worldwide. The company's unique predictive
technology, Skeptic(tm), delivered through a global infrastructure,
acts as a first line of defense by scanning email and eliminating
threats such as viruses, spam and other unwanted content before
they reach the customer and without the need for any additional
hardware or software costs.
The MessageLabs service is powered by a global network
of 'control towers,' currently spanning the US, UK,
Germany, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. The network
is centrally managed from a Global Operations Centre
and scans millions of emails a day with no discernible
impact on delivery times.
The MessageLabs Email Security System
By combining world-class patented technology, a robust,
secure and resilient global architecture and worldwide
around-the-clock support, we can deliver what your organization
so crucially needs.

Complete peace of mind from complete email security.
- Managed services freeing up internal IT resources
and increasing productivity
- Requires no additional hardware or software from
the customer
- Reduction in email volumes by dramatically reducing
spam and thus demand on your Internet bandwidth and
email infrastructure
- No need to worry about viruses or downloading signatures
– even at the time of a virus outbreak
- Ensures accurate detection of pornography, offering
protection against legal-action, employee downtime
and loss of hard-earned brand equity
- Protects against loss of intellectual property,
disclosure of confidential information, defamation
of company name, abuse of mail and protection from
potential legal action
- End-to-end email security system
- InSight, MessageLabs’ web-based management
interface providing configuration tools, service statistics
and reports
A Fully Managed Service
- MessageLabs Email Security System: Rated independently
as the most effective and accurate e-mail security
solution provider worldwide.
- Outsourced Solution: No additional software or hardware
required. Cuts costs and IT staff time needed to maintain
software-based solutions – Instant ROI.
- First Line of Defense: Internet-level service that
proactively stops e-mail borne threats (Spam, viruses,
porn) before they reach customer networks and mail
servers.
- Predictive Technology: Patented Skeptic technology
uses artificial intelligence, heuristics and Bayesian
probability to proactively eliminate threats and continually
learn.
- Global Architecture: Fault tolerant, high capacity,
redundant global network, with 24/7 NOC monitoring
- 12 data centers on four continents in six time zones.
- Complete Visibility & Configurability: Real-time
access for customers to view their e-mail threat statistics
and configure their service through web-based intranet.
- Inbound & Outbound Solution: Scans customer
e-mail in both directions, to avoid the possibility
of customers forwarding viruses or pornography to
their clients and suppliers.
- High Volume, High Profile Customers: The service
scans over 32 million e-mail messages a day for over
6,500 customers worldwide, including The British Government,
The Bank of New York, EMI Music, StorageTek, SC Johnson,
Conde Nast Publications, Fujitsu and Diageo. .
Anti-Spam
- Multiple Spam Filters: Combination of heuristics,
Bayesian probability, hash busters, smart fingerprints,
public blacklists and customer-configurable whitelists
and blacklists.
- Rated Most Effective: Independently rated as the
market leader in effectiveness (96.4% - PC Magazine)
and accuracy (0.04% false positives – ComputerWorld).
- Artificial Intelligence: As system scans more email,
it becomes smarter and better able to identify and
stop Spam and adjust to new, sophisticated Spammer
techniques.
- Customization: Customer specifies how to handle
Spam (e.g. blocked instantly, sent to administrator,
etc.) and domains, IP’s and e-mail addresses
to block and accept.
- Network ROI: 40-50% of all business e-mail is Spam
(Gartner). Eliminating Spam before it reaches customer
networks, typically provides customers an immediate
30%-60% increase in mail server bandwidth, capacity
and processing power.
- Productivity ROI: If each users spends one minute
/ work-day on reading/ deleting Spam that is 20 minutes/month.
At a $35/hour salary that is $12 / user / month.
Anti-Virus
- Proactive vs. Reactive Technology: Only service
to provide 100% protection against both known viruses
and new, unknown ‘day zero’ or ‘first
strike’ viruses.
- Multiple Virus Scanners: Combines 3 leading commercial
scanners (McAfee, VFind, F-Secure,) with proprietary
heuristics-based scanner and real-time virus “DNA”
database.
- Zero Customer Infections: Most effective - not
one customer has received a single e-mail borne virus,
known or unknown since using the service (more than
3 years).
- Updates / Statistics: Service also includes virus
outbreak alerts and statistical analysis of each customer’s
virus patterns.
- ROI: Eliminates time, costs and security risks
caused by virus infection and clean up.
Porn Filtering
- Advanced Image Composition Analysis: Combines image
flesh-tone scoring with artificial intelligence, and
a neural network of shapes, textures, definitions
to detect porn based on physical poses, facial expressions,
clothing, and overall image content.
- Most Effective: 90% detection rate accuracy vs.
the industry average of 70%.
- ROI: Enforce ‘E-mail Acceptable Use Policies’
and reduce liability from harassment suits.
For a FREE initial consultation call us on 0800 083 7782
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