Symantec Brightmail Gateway 8.0: reliable tool against spam

7th April 2009

Symantec Corp. announced the latest version of its platform Symantec Brightmail Gateway 8.0. This is a popular solution to provide client organizations with security of electronic communications and effective protection from spam.
The new version of Symantec Brightmail includes better reputation filters, which allow the product to make decisions on the legitimacy of a message on the basis of collected information about the senderâ€™s reputation. The mechanism of FastPass allows email messages coming from trusted correspondents to avoid virus check. This approach guarantees the absence of delays in the delivery of legitimate e-mail.
The proposed version offers extremely close integration with Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP), used to prevent leakage of vital information at the level of endpoints, networks and data storage systems. The program also provides enhanced support of virtual devices enables client organizations to ensure high quality spam protection in mixed corporate infrastructures and guarantees the most effective utilization of available IT-resources.
The new wizard-applications are meant to simplify the deployment of the security gateway and preparing it to work. Meanwhile, refined management tools allow reducing administratorsâ€™ employment by 70% with the help of automating most routine tasks.