MailGuard SMTP e-mail security software (United Kingdom), Data and text

Description
The vendors claim that MailGuard SMTP was designed as the first true Policy Enforcer for e-mail. The system is designed to allow an organisation to define, refine and enforce its e-mail security policy using one application. Through a visual policy editor, it is claimed to simplify the task of creating and enforcing an e-mail policy. The vendor says that creating e-policy can result in a confusing proliferation of rules which this product has been designed to overcome by creating a simple, stepwise refinement process from top-level corporate policy through to detailed operational exceptions.The task of monitoring e-mail is simplified by a keyword and phrase search engine. MailGuard SMTP can recognise words and phrases, even if they are mis-spelt, have endings such as 'ed' and 'ing' or use 'sound-alike'spelling.MailGuard SMTP is designed to provide boundary protection in situations where an organisation has a 'trust gap', such as between an intranet and the Internet, for example.The MailGuard engine operates as a proxy server, intercepting and examining messaging traffic under the direction of the GuardRoom policy configuration and management tool.The MailGuard engine takes apart individual messages, breaking them down into their most basic elements before passing the exposed content to a range of filter mechanisms. The filters provide control over content, access, sensitivity and resource.Content control inspects what is being exchanged - scanning for viruses, screening documents by type, filtering macro-laden documents, checking for inappropriate text, blocking spam and spoofed messages. Access control authorises who can send to whom, controlling by domain,

Status
In May 2000 an order for MailGuard SMTP was placed on behalf of NATO by the Royal Norwegian Air Force Materiel Command (AIRMATCOMNOR). This was the first military application for the MailGuard SMTP product, which became commercially available in January of that year.The procurement was for a project within the OPUS technology upgrade programme for NATO's Command and Control Information Systems (CCIS). The project is designed to enable the secure interconnection of the NATO CCIS systems in Europe. The two systems are the NEC CCIS and the Initial CAOC Capability (ICC). These two systems provide information management and decision support to NATO's Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs), which have responsibility for air operations during peacetime, exercise and wartime. The interconnection project consisted of interface units equipped with dedicated software and hardware. MailGuard SMTP was one of the software components and was deployed to protect all e-mail communication between the systems, in particular virus protection.The software subsequently became operational and was installed at three NATO headquarters and in two mobile units, protecting the e-mail of some 1,300 users.

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Publication Title Jane's Military Communications
Publication date Aug 12, 2008
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  • Jamming And Miscellaneous
  • Laser, Optical And Video
  • Line And Transmission Systems
  • Naval Systems And Equipment
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