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Marshal Selected By the Government Services Unit of Perot Systems

Posted on: Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 09:00 CDT

Secure email and Web gateway security provider Marshal today announced that the Government Services unit of Perot Systems Corporation has selected MailMarshal and WebMarshal to protect information, guard against spam, viruses and malware, and help increase productivity for its employees.

Perot Systems Government Services provides IT services to the U.S. government across the United States. MailMarshal and WebMarshal replaced the mail and Web filters the division has used for the past seven years.

"The security, integrity and control of our email systems are vital to our ongoing capability to provide continuous high quality IT services," said Mike Stark, IT director for Perot Systems Government Services. "Marshal's solutions are well thought-out and offer a lot of flexibility in how we set up policies, rules and actions."

One of Stark's primary concerns was providing greater protection for employees against spam and viruses. During the MailMarshal evaluation phase, the division was inundated with PDF spam that the previous mail filter was not catching. Stark installed the MailMarshal demo and it blocked all of the attachment spam at the gateway, solving the spam problem immediately.

MailMarshal also allows users to check their own spam queues and whitelist and blacklist senders. "MailMarshal has a very nice Web interface for employees to manage their spam," said Stark. "We actually used this feature to sell MailMarshal internally, and it was so well received that our helpdesk calls related to this task have fallen dramatically."

Perot Systems Government Services also makes use of Marshal TRACE Alerts, which are email messages that warn customers of new threats such as spam, phishing and viruses. "The TRACE Alert provides relevant information in an easy to scan email format," said Stark. "There have been several occasions where information in a TRACE Alert has motivated us to make immediate adjustments, allowing us to be proactive in our content security program."

"We're always pleased when companies discover the power and flexibility of our policy-driven solutions," said Steve Sheinbaum, vice president of Americas for Marshal. "Perot Systems Government Services is a great example of a company using MailMarshal and WebMarshal to solve business problems related to email communication and Web access."

About the Marshal TRACE Team

TRACE (Threat Research and Content Engineering) is a group of Marshal security analysts who constantly monitor and respond to Internet security threats through the TRACE website at www.marshal.com/trace. TRACE services are provided as part of standard product maintenance that includes updates to Marshal's unique, proprietary anti-spam technology, SpamCensor. TRACE analyzes spam, phishing and Internet security trends and provides frequent automated updates to Marshal customers. It also provides "Zero Day" security protection against new email and virus exploits the day they emerge.

About Marshal

Marshal is a global leader in content security across multiple protocols, enabling organizations to secure their IT environment, protect against threats and comply with corporate governance needs. Marshal provides customers with a complete portfolio of policy-driven email and Internet solutions that integrate content filtering, compliance, secure messaging and archiving. Forty percent of the Global Fortune 500 companies use Marshal security solutions to secure their corporate messaging networks and Web access against internal abuse and external threats such as viruses, spam and malicious code. More than 7 million users in over 18,000 companies worldwide use Marshal solutions to protect their networks, employees, business assets and corporate reputation and to comply with corporate governance legislation requirements.

Marshal's Americas headquarters is in Atlanta, Georgia, with corporate headquarters in London (UK) and offices in Auckland (New Zealand), Houston (USA), Johannesburg (South Africa), Munich (Germany), Paris (France) and Sydney (Australia). More information is available at www.marshal.com.

 Media Contact: Monica Shaw Carabiner Communications 770-367-9534 mshaw@carabinerpr.com

SOURCE: Marshal

Source: MARKET WIRE

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