M86 Security Industry Solutions for Financial Services

Pain Management for Web and Email Threats

Financial service companies must maintain buttoned up, secure images. Investors, shareholders, depositors and regulators keep close watch on those who manage the world's wealth. Breaches of privacy and regulatory protocols pose significant risk to a firm's reputation and customer confidence

Because of this, the financial services sector must ensure the same level of compliance in the area of electronic communications as it does in other types of communications and record keeping.

To facilitate this, M86 Security provides easy-to-use, powerful, integrated Web and email security management solutions that:

Enforce regulatory, legal and policy compliance
Secure data and protect the reputation associated with securing that data
Manage risk proactively

Summary Features for Web and Email Security Products:

Filters Web and email content on local and remote connections, including URLs and/or IP addresses, file types (e.g. MP3, MPEG, .zip), HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Newsgroups (NNTP), and TCP Ports, spam, Inappropriate content, phishing, email viruses, malicious code, virus hoaxes, chain letters
Controls instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications (streaming media, remote access, online gaming, proxies)
Prevents data leakage via Web or email
Provides comprehensive portable media and portable storage control, including total visibility of portable device connections and file transfers
Allows real-time monitoring of Web activity and bandwidth usage
Centralized administration and reporting
Locks out user access when policy violation thresholds are exceeded
Zero day protection from anonymous proxies
Directory-based Authentication (Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, Apple OpenDirectory, LDAP)
Manages attachment send/receive permissions by file size and type
Secure data transmission via encrypted email
Detects key words and phrases in email, using lexical analysis
Provides image analysis to detect inappropriate or sensitive content
Stops relay attempts, denial of service attacks, directory harvesting attacks, and other anomalous email activity
Provides detailed activity and security status reports

M86 Security Financial Services Benefits:

Safer work environment
Enforcement of AUP
Mitigation of legal liabilities and/or damage to institution's reputation
Helps keep employees on task, preserves network performance, and allows IT departments to focus on mission critical priorities
Protects the network and confidential information
Meets or exceeds corporate, industry, local and federal regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX, GLBA - United States)
Minimized personal exposure of financial service officers
Mitigation of employee transaction errors
Fast and measurable return on investment (ROI)
Low total cost of ownership (TCO)