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MailFrontier Delivers Big-League Email
Threat Protection for the San Francisco Giants The Giants will implement both anti-spam and anti-fraud protection of MailFrontier’s Enterprise Gateway to more effectively combat the rising threat of spam and fraudulent emails targeting the organization’s corporate messaging system. In a recent in-house survey of Giants email users, it was found that users were experiencing a nearly 55 percent increase in spam from the year before. Additionally, because the Giants staff is communicating critical and highly confidential information around the clock – from scouts on the road evaluating talent, to coaches planning the game lineup, to users responding to hundreds and hundreds of fan emails daily – the organization needed a reliable solution that could not only eliminate the security threats, but also ensure business as usual. As fraudsters and hackers target corporate networks, the Giants wanted to take a proactive stance to stop all fraud attempts before they reach employees. “The fact is we’re a well-known organization, which makes us an easy target for spam and fraud emails. Our staff relies on the email system to effectively run this organization – whether it’s communicating with a 12-year-old fan or a hot new prospect. We needed a reliable solution that we could trust and that could match the onslaught of spam and fraud emails we see on a daily basis,” said Bill Schlough, vice president and chief information officer of the San Francisco Giants. “We were impressed with MailFrontier’s ‘batting average’ on wiping out the offending emails and look forward to working together to eliminate this problem.” “With the number of spam and fraud emails that are hitting email in boxes today, it makes you wonder what America’s favorite pastime really is,” said Pavni Diwanji, CEO and co-founder of MailFrontier. “The Giants enterprise email environment is certainly a demanding one, but MailFrontier is up to the challenge. Not only do we offer the highest level of spam blocking coupled with a way to ensure no email is ever lost, but we offer the only anti-fraud engine that identifies, captures and takes action against fraudulent emails. With MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway, the Giants can get back to the business of baseball – a good thing for everyone.” MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway proactively detects email threats
in the wild, in real-time, before they strike company networks. MailFrontier
Enterprise Gateway will enable the SF Giants’ IT department to
filter spam and fraud emails at the perimeter of the organization,
while keeping system settings, passwords, and any email quarantine
inside the secure corporate network. Offering the highest levels of
protection, MailFrontier also utilizes a real-time Response Network,
with a community of hundreds of thousands of users contributing to
real-time identification of email threats. Additionally, the MailFrontier
anti-fraud protection analyzes fraudster obfuscation techniques, tests
for system exploits, and checks against MailFrontier’s database
of 20 million contact points. MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway is a coordinated and integrated solution that not only establishes the most powerful safeguards against spam, fraud, viruses and directory harvest attacks available but also creates a manageable messaging security infrastructure. A single intuitive solution keeps all email-borne threats from impacting IT infrastructure and business at hand. With dynamic LDAP integration, MailFrontier Enterprise Gateway fits easily into users’ current IT environments. Additionally, the solution provides comprehensive reporting and notifications to educate users and inform IT of past, current and potential threats. About MailFrontier MailFrontier is a pioneer in messaging security, ensuring the continued vitality of email for business communication. Enterprises need to keep email secure and productive. MailFrontier approaches this problem with a focus on email users, becoming the first company in the industry to provide a unique user-centric approach. This comprehensive and integrated approach has now become the standard for email security offerings. MailFrontier has more than 450 enterprise customers, including Pier 1 Imports, Wyndham International and Peet’s Coffee & Tea. Founded in February 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The company’s investors include New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Menlo Ventures. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com.
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