Calyx Group, an end-to-end provider of information and communications technology, has announced that it has deployed a range of e-mail and website security services for the Irish Stock Exchange.
Prior to the deployment by Calyx Group, the Irish Stock Exchange suffered from large volumes of Spam accounting for up to 90% of the organizations inbound email. The ISE required a new Spam solution that was capable of being self-managed and easy to administer compared to the existing solutions that were in place.
Following consultation with David Garrett IT operations manager and his team at the Irish Stock Exchange, Calyx recommended a solution from IronPort. IronPort Systems is an independent business unit of Cisco. Operating as a part of Cisco's Security Technology Group, IronPort is a provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances.
Accurate Reputation Filtering was a key aspect of the IronPort deployment. The IronPort devices can accurately determine which messages are not good by reputation and can confidently drop the connections having used over 100 parameters to assure the email is legitimate.
The initial deployment was an instant success with Spam email reduced dramatically within days. Users were able to review Spam quarantines and release valid messages when appropriate, reducing the reliance on IT staff.
Following the successful implementation of the IronPort email security devices, the IS E engaged with Calyx to look into the deployment of new web security devices to replace their existing solutions. A key requirement was reverse proxy look-ups for web traffic.
The organization also required a reputation filter on a web proxy which would be able to cache and also deal with viruses, phishing and spyware attack. As the ISE had already reviewed the IronPort solution Calyx deployed the IronPort S-Series Web Security device which combines traditional URL filtering, reputation filtering and malware filtering on a single platform to address web related risks.