Marshal8e6 enewsletter
  January 28, 2009  
 

Welcome to Marshal8e6 Update!

2008 was a very important year for Marshal8e6, from the merger of both companies, new security innovations, to continued market growth. We are expecting to achieve even greater accomplishments in 2009 and are busy integrating and developing the latest in email and Web gateway security and management solutions that will address the key security issues for 2009 and beyond. Please download our latest TRACE Labs report, which will give you a round up of 2008, as well as our predictions for 2009.

The market, including customers and channel partners have responded overwhelmingly positive to our merger which has spurred us on to increase our focus on integrating the best elements of 8e6 products into Marshal solutions and vice versa.

We look forward to bringing you new, market-leading solutions during 2009, so look for product announcements and meet us at several of the global and regional industry events this year!

2008 Spam Lessons Learned: "Stop the guns, not just the bullets" - Marshal8e6 Releases YE 2008 TRACE Labs Research Report

Although spam volumes peaked at 150 billion messages per day worldwide, a shift in security strategy proves spam can be beaten.
This report has been prepared by the Marshal8e6 Threat Research and Content Engineering Team (TRACE). It covers key trends and developments in Internet security over the last six months, as observed by TRACE security analysts.

TRACE researches spam, phishing, Web exploits andmalware. It is also responsible for the anti-malware defenseand updates for Marshal8e6's suite of content security solutions, including MailMarshal's SpamCensor and Zero Day updates. Click here to download the full report.

Data and analysis from TRACE is continually updated and accessible online. Click here to view details.

Marshal8e6 Media Coverage

Click here for the latest Marshal8e6 news coverage and press releases.

Product News

Available NOW!

MailMarshal Exchange 5.3: MailMarshal Exchange is an internal email filtering solution and ideally suited for Acceptable Use Policy enforcement, data leakage prevention (DLP) and compliance.

8e6 Enterprise Reporter 5.0.00 Release: This major upgrade dramatically increases the scalability of 8e6's historical reporting solution. You can now report up to 300,000 users through a single central user interface.

8e6 Threat Analysis Reporter 1.3 Release: This release is a security update that upgrades all the essential third party software applications that are part of the Threat Analysis Reporter.

Available SOON!

8e6 Authenticator for Apple: The 8e6 Authenticator for Apple will provide the same functionality that the existing Authenticator provides for Windows users. It will allow administrators the ability to transparently identify Apple users that are logging into Active Directory, Novell e-Directory and Apple Open Directory.

Product Advisories

McAfee Upgrade: Reminder - If you have purchased a subscription to the McAfee for Marshal anti-virus for use with WebMarshal or the MailMarshal line of products, this advisory applies to you. The version of the McAfee Anti-Virus Engine you are using is being replaced by McAfee; it will no longer be supported after January 31, 2009. Click here to obtain the latest version.

The new McAfee for Marshal 6.0.1.6519 provides additional key benefits - most importantly, it will now update the scan engine automatically. This means that future upgrades of this nature will no longer be required and any new versions of the scan engine released by McAfee will automatically be applied without the need for manual intervention.

Technical Support Alert Subscription

We now offer a Technical Support Alert service for our customers, resellers and distributors. Subscribers to this email list will be contacted whenever there are important technical announcements. These announcements will include Critical bug notifications and Upcoming patch notifications (including patch details). Sign up now!

Offering A Much Broader Product Line

SOFTWARE
MailMarshal SMTP
MailMarshal Exchange
MailMarshal Secure Email Server
MailMarshal Service Provider Edition
WebMarshal
Marshal EndPoint Security
8e6 Mobile Client

HARDWARE
MailMarshal e10000
8e6 Professional Edition
8e6 ProxyBlocker

THREAT LABS
TRACE
Marshal8e6 Database

 

 

  

Up to 30% Off Web and Email Filtering!

We are very excited about the new Marshal8e6 organization and our total Internet gateway security solution. To celebrate, we'd like to offer our customers a really great discount. We are offering existing customers up to 30% OFF selected Web and email filtering products.

So don't wait! Contact your Marshal8e6 representative for additional details at 1.888.786.7999 or visit us at www.marshal8e6.com.

Marshal8e6 Tech Tips

Does 8e6 Appliance Watchdog work in a load-balanced environment?
Watchdog provides monitoring services for the 8e6 Internet filtering and management appliances. This application runs on the network administrator's desktop, notifying him/her if problems occur with the network or equipment associated with content filtering.

Watchdog should be able to function fine in a load-balanced scenario, but please note the following:

Watchdog does not direct a request to a particular 8e6 R3000; it sends the request to the Internet, just as a user would do. When the request is blocked by an R3000, Watchdog records which R3000 it was, and sets the blocking status as "good," while all other R3000s in the pool get flagged as a question mark ("?").

If the requests generated by Watchdog never get load-balanced to a specific R3000, that R3000 will always show a question mark ("?"), but chances are a request will eventually hit each box. As long as you don't see a red "failed" status, the filtering environment is still functional. Click here to learn more about 8e6 Appliance Watchdog.

How do I test Email Policy Rules?
To assist in testing your email policy, Marshal8e6 can send you more than a dozen different test emails. To learn more about the procedure, please click here for the Marshal8e6 support site.

Remember - Just One Email Address for All Your Support Needs! support@marshal8e6.com.

Mark Your Calendars!

RSA Apr 20-24 | San Francisco
INFOSEC Apr 28-30 | London
AusCERT May 17-22 | Gold Coast INTEROP May 19-21 | Las Vegas

We'd like to hear from you. Please send comments and/or suggested topics to karen.tacy@marshal8e6.com.

If you have questions, please contact your Marshal8e6 representative or contact us directly at 1.888.786.7999.
 
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