Receiving high marks in all categories and perfect scores for performance and functionality, judges bestowed the Gold Award on CipherTrust Inc.'s IronMail version 6.0 in the Messaging Security category of SearchExchange.com's Products of the Year. CipherTrust IronMail is a hardened gateway appliance that combines multiple best-of-breed technologies to provide effective messaging security for the enterprise.

Touted by one judge as "THE leader in what it does," the product is powered by CipherTrust's TrustedSource global threat correlation engine. There are a number of new features found in version 6.0, including:

• Advanced protection against inbound threats: Using the TrustedSource system, the new product includes an integrated view of global e-mail sender reputation. IronMail 6.0 includes multiple antispam enhancements in identification, self-tuning and internationalization.
• Enhanced compliance features: IronMail 6.0 includes a number of enhancements to bolster outbound messaging security capabilities including dictionary correlation and customized reporting.
• Comprehensive analysis and reporting capabilities: With a single click, administrators can drill down into a customizable dashboard into any of the functional areas, such as viruses/worms, spam, fraud, phishing and hacker threats, for a broad, enterprise-wide overview of key indicators, issues and threats.
• Enterprise-ready: IronMail 6.0 assists every enterprise with today's tighter Directory Service integration needs. Improved interaction with Active Directory for address parsing and group sync can improve mapping of an enterprise's organizational structure to its messaging policies.
• Ease of installation: The new SmartStart wizard includes a simple step-by-step process via a Web browser to help businesses easily get the appliance set up for optimal performance. IronMail SmartStart provides for automatic setup of the Best Practice configuration for the appliance, including antispam rules, compliance dictionaries, attachment filtering rules and others.

Pricing: Available in three options (S-Class for small to medium-sized businesses; E-Class for large enterprises; and C-Class for carriers, ISPs and large multinational organizations), CipherTrust IronMail starts at $5,995.

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