WatchGuard Enhances Email Security Solutions

WatchGuard Technologies, a provider of business security solutions, today released a number of enhancements to its XCS (extensible content security) line of email and web content security appliances.

Enhancements to WatchGuard’s Solution Include:

WatchGuard XCS Outlook Add-in – This new add-in for Outlook allows end users to mark any delivered messages that bypass the XCS spam filters as either “spam” or “not spam.” This way, the end user gains the ability to report false positives, where legitimate messages were marked as spam, as well as false negatives, where a good message was tagged mistakenly as spam. In addition, the tool adds senders to the end user’s personal “trusted” or “blocked” senders list. These features improve overall XCS efficacy while giving users more control over their messages.

WatchGuard XCS SecureMail Email Encryption – New feature which allows end users to encrypt outbound messages directly from the WatchGuard XCS appliance without the need for a local encryption server or additional desktop software. Messages are secure until they are delivered and unencrypted via a simple authentication process by the message recipient. This feature can also be customized as a branded service for organizations that wish to promote their brand as part of their commitment to highly secure email communications.

WatchGuard Extensible Content Security (XCS) – The WatchGuard XCS platform provides “defense-in-depth” protection by combining advanced email inspection technologies with data loss prevention capabilities and IP reputation to combat spam, viruses, malware and other forms of blended threats. Designed to address a wide range of business needs, the WatchGuard XCS platform tackles email security needs of small to medium sized businesses (up to 1,000 users) with the WatchGuard XCS 170, 370 and 570 series, and for mid-tier and enterprise organizations (10,000 or more users) that require advanced messaging and content protection, WatchGuard offers the WatchGuard XCS 770, 970 and 1170 series of appliances.

Additionally, all of the WatchGuard XCS appliances can utilize WatchGuard’s cloud-based, Reputation Enabled Defense, which the company says eliminates up to 98.3 percent of spam email before reaching a company’s corporate network.

This latest software upgrade is available for free for current WatchGuard XCS customers.