Fortinet debuts two network security solutions

Fortinet launched two new additions to its network security solutions and services portfolio --
FortiMail, a secure messaging system, and FortiGuard-Antispam, a managed anti-spam service. Both solutions effectively layer
anti-spam technology to offer anti-spam defense in-depth at the network perimeter and the mail server, thereby maximizing mail traffic performance. This is done by eliminating global spam at the network gateway, before it enters the corporate network.

Edward Huang, Corporate IT Infrastructure Manager for Atmel said, "These solutions help to minimize unwanted and malicious network traffic, without network
performance degradation or a lot of administrative overhead, which is essential for ensuring a productive business."

FortiMail Secure Messaging Platform is based on the FortiOS technology and includes an antivirus detection engine for virus and spyware protection and complete email scanning. It uses advanced spam detection and filtering methods such as
FortiGuard-Antispam, access policy filtering, content filtering, global and user black/white list filtering, spam Real-time Blackhole List
(RBL), per user Bayesian filtering so that individual users can set their own profiles, heuristics filtering and denial-of-service.

The platform offers users three protective modes of operation -- Transparent mode to provide seamless integration into existing network environments. Then is Gateway mode, which allows for scanning of both in-bound and out-bound email messages, while the last is Server mode. It provides complete email server functionality in addition to antivirus and antispam functionality.

FortiGuard-Antispam service is a fully managed service that helps companies reduce the amount of spam by eliminating it at the network perimeter. The Antispam Service checks against known spammer IP addresses and email content with Universal Resource Identifier (URI) scanning. The pairing of this new service with Fortinet security systems will help increase spam detection rates, as spammers get more creative and use infected PCs to deliver
spam. 

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