Technology Partners
Firstwave brings its own unique security solutions to market, including Enterprise Specific Protection (ESPTM), coupled with leading-edge security software provided by the following industry-leading partners:
CISCO
Operating as a part of Cisco's Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware solutions for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. Firstwave harness the power of the IronPort SenderBase Network, the world's first and largest threat tracking database. SenderBase captures data from more than 100,000 organizations worldwide, providing a large and diverse sample of email traffic patterns. IronPort's industry-leading systems have a demonstrated record of unparalleled performance, accuracy and reliability.
ScanSafe
ScanSafe protects enterprise customers against the security and productivity threats they face today and evolving new malware threats of tomorrow. Firstwave chose Scansafe for its:
Unparalleled Security - It uses multiple scanning engines and its proprietary Outbreak Intelligence™ heuristics engine to provide protection against zero-hour threats.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership - No hardware. No maintenance. Instant Scalability - The service scales effortlessly for more users, new offices, and new locations, with no capacity planning required.
Effortless Management - Your maintenance, 24x7 support and continuous updates are all left to Scansafe's web security experts. Unrivalled Service Level Agreements (SLAs) - The most comprehensive in the industry for latency, availability, false positives and negatives.
'Zero' Latency - Designed from the ground up specifically for Web traffic, ScanSafe uses parallelised processing for optimal throughput, performance and uptime, ensuring users experience no perceptible latency.
Telstra
Telstra subsidiary Telstra Research Laboratories was the research and development partner and licensee for Firstwave's early technologies. Originally established as the Research Laboratory of Australia's PostMaster General's (PMG) department in 1923, it evolved as PMG became Telecom and later Telstra, and was responsible for the development of several key technologies. Notable achievements included a part in the development of radar for WW2, the first fax service in Australia, the first public TV broadcast in Australia, developing termite-resistant cabling, assisting with the development of the bionic ear and the cochlear ear implant, developing the optical fibre cold clamp, building the first system to route calls to a single number to destination depending on location (One3).
Sophos is a member of the Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Program, an initiative that uses the network infrastructure to enforce security policy compliance on all devices seeking to access network computing resources.
By participating in the NAC program, Sophos can develop and support anti-virus products that are compatible with the Cisco Self-Defending Network initiative, which aims to increase network intelligence in order to prevent security threats automatically. In addition, participation helps to drive appropriate industry standards in network security.
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