Outboxer is a set of e-mail filters that scan outgoing e-mail and displays alerts that allow the sender to either edit their message or cancel sending it. Outboxer also flags personal e-mail so that it can be removed from the server after being sent, reducing archive sizes since government regulations for retaining e-mail do not apply to personal messages - only to business correspondence. Outboxer can also flag inappropriate email messages and confidential information. The alerts the system popped up looked to be easily understood and provided specific information about why sending a particular message might be a really bad idea.
Fortiva showed it's e-mail archiving and compliance monitoring solution now delivered as an appliance that can be installed locally (most of their competition only provide hosted solutions) addressing bandwidth and potential privacy issues. Fortiva looks like another Microsoft Office 2003 application, presenting a familiar user interface. The application can search through archived email comparing it to compliance policies and generating expert reports showing potential violations. In addition to these rules-based processes, Fortiva's software also allows you to search through e-mail messages and attachments for any keywords as well.
IPLocks (above) Information Risk Management provides a monitoring dashboard that provides alerts when security policies are violated, both in real time as well as historically. Although the acting in the demo was a bit cheesy, it did a good job of showing off how the system can alert information security staff when an employee is demonstrating out-of-policy behavor patterns.
Metavize provides EdgeGuard (above), a secure solution for small businesses (up to 1000 employees) that offers a dashboard for a variety of point solutions" including antivirus, antispam, web content filtering packet attacks, and rogue protocols. Each point solution can be purchased separately at the Metavise online store and instantly added to the dashboard. A single command downloads and installs all applicable updates. EdgeGuard will be available next month.
Cloudmark's SafetyBar monitors e-mail for spam and fraud attacks using a knowledgebase built by its user community. Cloudmark scans incoming and outgoing e-mail messages for phishing attacks and stops known frauds form arriving or departing. Cloudmark showed off its new Phishing Intelligence Center - a web knowledgebase of phishing attacks. Also new is user profiling which gives greater weight to frauds reported by power users who earn that ranking based on the volume and accuracy of their reporting.
Hailstorm guards against web application attacks - a vector responsible for thousands of attacks and millions of dollars in loss every day. Hailstorm uses a comprehensive policy library to check your web application code and highlight any issues in code, logic , and other parameters to ensure your application is as secure as possible. After auditing your code, Hailstorm generates a remediation report that highlights potential vulnerabilities so that your development team can address them.
