Anti-spam and anti-malware solutions for next generation networks Cloudmark and IBM BladeCenter – delivering advanced network security for Telecom Service Providers By some industry estimates, 95% of inbound broadband messages now consist of spam, phishing or viruses — up from 20% in 2002. The deluge of malware on telecom service providers’ networks has significantly increased operational and infrastructure costs. Much of today’s email spam and malware is sent not by individuals, but by networks of compromised computers (“zombies”) that launch millions of spam messages without the user’s knowledge. To make matters worse, new classes of spam are extremely sophisticated, containing spoofed addresses, embedded links to malware sites and rapidly-mutating images. Messaging abuse has now moved beyond the computer to the mobile device, in the form of SMS and MMS spam and phishing. In some countries like China and India, mobile • Designed for carrier environments, Cloudmark Authority on the IBM BladeCenter platform protects mobile and fixed-line messaging infrastructures from spam, phishing and viruses • The accuracy and efficiency of the Cloudmark solution reduces hardware and operational costs while improving subscriber satisfaction • The IBM BladeCenter family provides a scalable platform to deliver open multi-services framework for next generation network and messaging security applications Highlights users receive on average 6-10 spam messages each day. This problem will likely worsen as spammers join in the fray in trying to monetize the mobile channel. Traditional content filtering systems that rely on static rules, traffic patterns and heuristics have been ineffectual at responding to these advanced messaging threats. In the face of today’s unpredictable and highly mutable threats, service providers have seen their spam filtering rates drop by 30% from their legacy solutions. Carrier-grade messaging security Effectively managing messaging abuse requires an automated, real- time solution that can detect threats and their variants while permitting legitimate messages through to recipients. Telecom service providers must consider the scalability and performance of their content filtering system, which can impact the overall performance their messaging services. Leading service providers have turned to Cloudmark’s carrier-grade messaging security solutions to protect their network and subscribers from spam, phishing and viruses. In carrier deployments, Cloudmark has consistently demonstrated filtering accuracy above 98% with near-zero false positives.
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Anti-spam and anti-malware solutions for next generation networks
Cloudmark and IBM BladeCenter – delivering advanced network security for Telecom Service Providers
By some industry estimates, 95% of
inbound broadband messages now
consist of spam, phishing or viruses
— up from 20% in 2002. The deluge of
malware on telecom service providers’
networks has significantly increased
operational and infrastructure costs.
Much of today’s email spam and
malware is sent not by individuals,
but by networks of compromised
computers (“zombies”) that launch
millions of spam messages without the
user’s knowledge. To make matters
worse, new classes of spam are
extremely sophisticated, containing
spoofed addresses, embedded links
to malware sites and rapidly-mutating
images.
Messaging abuse has now moved
beyond the computer to the mobile
device, in the form of SMS and
MMS spam and phishing. In some
countries like China and India, mobile
• Designed for carrier
environments, Cloudmark
Authority on the IBM BladeCenter
platform protects mobile and
fixed-line messaging
infrastructures from spam,
phishing and viruses
• The accuracy and efficiency of
the Cloudmark solution reduces
hardware and operational costs
while improving subscriber
satisfaction
• The IBM BladeCenter family
provides a scalable platform to
deliver open multi-services
framework for next generation
network and messaging security
applications
Highlights
users receive on average 6-10 spam
messages each day. This problem will
likely worsen as spammers join in the
fray in trying to monetize the mobile
channel.
Traditional content filtering systems
that rely on static rules, traffic patterns
and heuristics have been ineffectual
at responding to these advanced
messaging threats. In the face of
today’s unpredictable and highly
mutable threats, service providers have
seen their spam filtering rates drop by
30% from their legacy solutions.
Carrier-grade messaging security
Effectively managing messaging
abuse requires an automated, real-
time solution that can detect threats
and their variants while permitting
legitimate messages through to
recipients. Telecom service providers
must consider the scalability and
performance of their content filtering
system, which can impact the overall
performance their messaging services.
Leading service providers have
turned to Cloudmark’s carrier-grade
messaging security solutions to
protect their network and subscribers
from spam, phishing and viruses. In
carrier deployments, Cloudmark has
consistently demonstrated filtering
accuracy above 98% with near-zero
false positives.
Cloudmark’s accuracy and efficiency
have led to dramatic cost savings
in the areas of network operations,
infrastructure and customer support.
• $US 4 to $US 50 million annual
savings in OpEx and CapEx
• 40-80% decrease in infrastructure
requirements
• Decreased customer support, costs and
churn
Advanced message fingerprinting
The core of Cloudmark’s solution is its
Advanced Message Fingerprinting
which employs eight high-performance
fingerprinting algorithms. These
fingerprinting algorithms identify and
track spam, phishing, and virus attacks
throughout the network. Cloudmark
continuously evolves these algorithms
(now in its 6th generation) which work
in tandem to target different threat
attributes embedded in a message.
These algorithms are able to identify
mutations in a given attack, such as
changes in content, image, sender,
URL, or other attributes, so that
threat variants are stopped in zero
time — before they are transmitted to
subscribers.
Cloudmark’s unique text-agnostic
threat analysis enables Cloudmark
to filter spam in various languages
(including double-byte characters
such as Chinese, Japanese and
Cyrillic) and formats, including image,
SMS and MMS spam.
“Cloudmark’s unique combination of Advanced Message Fingerprinting, global threat detection and trust system is what drives the system’s unparalleled accuracy. Cloudmark running on the IBM BladeCenter is ideal for demanding carrier environments, providing the highest level of performance and protection against all forms of messaging threats.”
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