Control Data and Network Associates Partner to Provide Enhanced Email Security Solution

Strategic Insights -

Control Data Systems, Inc., and Network Associates, Inc., have announced an agreement to bundle their technologies to provide a unique combination of virus security and message control to Control Data's integration and outsourcing services customers. The integration of Control Data's high-volume MACE (Message Access Control Engine) with Network Associates' NetShield, the server component of the Total Virus Defense (TVD) suite, gives organizations the ability to enforce specific email privileges for every user on the email network and to guard against viruses from a centralized source.

Key Takeaways:

  • The partnership between Control Data and Network Associates provides a comprehensive email security solution that includes virus protection and message control for enterprise networks.
  • The bundling of NetShield and MACE gives organizations the ability to enforce specific email privileges for every user on the email network and to guard against viruses from a centralized source.
  • The integration of NetShield and MACE reduces IT administration costs through centralized messaging controls that protect networks from virus invasions.
  • The average cost of a single virus outbreak, affecting at least 25 machines, is estimated at over $8,000, not including the opportunity cost of lost user productivity.
  • NetShield, a component of Network Associates' Total Virus Defense suite, protects file servers where data is stored and has won several awards, including Internet World's "Best Server and Gateway Anti-Virus" award in 1998.
  • Control Data's MACE solution addresses all message parts at a minimal cost per user and can be easily integrated with Network Associates' complete suite of desktop and gateway virus protection.

Statistics:

  • The average cost of a single virus outbreak affecting at least 25 machines is over $8,000, not including the opportunity cost of lost user productivity (ICSA estimate).
  • NetShield won several awards in 1998, including Internet World's "Best Server and Gateway Anti-Virus" award.
  • The Total Virus Defense suite offers comprehensive protection against viruses and other hostile code by protecting all points of entry, providing complete anti-virus protection at the desktop, server, and Internet gateway.
  • NetShield scans all messages, including attachments and compressed files, to check for viruses and ensures complete detection and cleaning for hostile ActiveX and Java applets, and stops Trojans, Worms and Java Bombs before they proliferate throughout a network.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, March 30, 1999
  • Internet World, 1998
  • ICSA (International Computer Security Association)
  • Network Associates, Inc.
  • Control Data Systems, Inc.