SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- SurfControl, the world leader in enterprise web and e-mail filtering, today announced that Computer Sales International, Inc. (CSI) is effectively deterring Internet threats using SurfControl's Internet filtering solutions. CSI, one of the largest independent IT leasing specialists in the world, has deployed SurfControl Web and E-mail Filters to protect employees and partners, mission-critical IT systems and sensitive information from the complete spectrum of content-based attacks including spam, spyware, phishing, and malicious viruses. SurfControl has helped CSI keep its worldwide business and IT operations running smoothly without interfering with legitimate business communications in multiple U.S. and international office locations.
CSI initially installed SurfControl Web Filter to protect the company from risks associated with employee Internet usage, such as the legal liability from inadvertent exposure to offensive adult or hate content. As the nature of Internet threats continued to evolve, CSI's employees began to receive suspect emails that are now commonly known as phishing attacks, and the company faced an onslaught of spam that deluged the company's e-mail servers. The company also spent hours cleaning up spyware that regularly slipped through existing e-mail defenses and onto users' desktops. To solve these problems, CSI deployed SurfControl E-mail Filter.
"If you could name a type of Internet attack or content threat, chances are we were facing it, but SurfControl has delivered solutions every step of the way to meet our current and emerging challenges," said Ed Concannon, network analyst at CSI. "SurfControl offers a highly effective means to stop spam, spyware and phishing attacks without placing an undue burden on our IT systems. The solution is a highly cost-effective way to maximize protection in multiple offices and languages."
SurfControl E-mail Filter prevents more than half of inbound e-mail -- identified by the product's Anti-Spam Agent -- from ever reaching IT systems or the company's end users. This significantly reduces the burden on the e- mail server and lowers overall bandwidth and administration costs. SurfControl E-mail Filter offers CSI unique protection against phishing, spyware and other fraud by working in tandem with SurfControl Web Filter. The e-mail filter leverages SurfControl's extensive database of categorized Web sites to identify inappropriate web links embedded in the text of e-mail messages, and prevent the delivery of the message. Employees cannot be tricked into clicking on these links.
Concannon continued, "Spam, spyware, and phishing attacks know no boundaries. Threats are global and SurfControl helped us extend our Internet filtering protection to overseas offices to prevent malicious code from damaging or draining our network and to provide better protection of sensitive business information."
CSI leverages SurfControl's ability to filter in 70 languages, making it the only filter suitable for global businesses. When CSI applied its standard set of e-mail filtering rules to the Brazilian office, a disproportionate amount of legitimate e-mail written in Portuguese was blocked. SurfControl's language pack enabled CSI to write new e-mail filtering rules in Portuguese to block objectionable content and the distribution of sensitive information without interfering with legitimate communication.
"Like thousands of companies, CSI turned to SurfControl because it is far less expensive to prevent attacks than clean up after them," said John Murphy, vice president of marketing at SurfControl. "SurfControl's multi-layered protection combines Web, e-mail and messaging security with one of the industry's most knowledgeable research teams to deliver comprehensive security that puts IT managers back in control of their e-mail and Web systems."
About Computer Sales International, Inc.
As one of the largest independent computer leasing specialists in the world, CSI helps its customers implement flexible leasing programs that reduce the costs, hassles and risks of owning technology equipment. The company has operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Central America, Germany and the United Kingdom. More information on CSI is available at http://www.csileasing.com/.
About SurfControl
SurfControl plc is a trusted security partner for global businesses seeking to protect people, information and IT resources against Internet threats. SurfControl's Internet Threat Defense System continuously filters an organization's entire threat environment for known, unknown, internal and targeted attacks. The Company's Internet Threat Defense System redefines Internet filtering by unifying Web, e-mail and messaging security seamlessly with an enterprise's existing infrastructure. This keeps businesses up and running smoothly, helps them regain control of their IT systems and ensures regulatory compliance, information confidentiality and employee productivity. SurfControl has more than 20,000 customers worldwide, and employs more than 500 people in offices across the United States, Europe and Asia/Pacific. For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit http://www.surfcontrol.com/.
CONTACT: Ryan Eddy of McGrath/Power Public Relations, +1-408-727-0351, or ryane@mcgrathpower.com, for SurfControl
Web site: http://www.csileasing.com/
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