Features and Benefits

SecureBizSM Protection Solutions for Internet Security

If you answered no to even one of the above, your Internet Security is in an extremely precarious state that can be rectified by saying yes to spam filtering and email filtering from CIMCO's SecureBiz Protection Solutions. CIMCO's SecureBiz provides the ultimate in Internet Security with multi- layered content filtering against unwanted and unsolicited email scamming. SecureBiz's spam filtering and email filtering slam your company's virtual door on worms, trojans, email viruses, unsolicited commercial mailings and other potentially harmful intruders.

Both email filtering and spam filtering protect your company's outgoing Internet communications as well. Your reputation receives an extra measure of Internet Security and virus protection from SecureBiz, which prohibits the mailing of unethical or inappropriate material from any of your employees.

SecureBiz Protection Solutions require no hardware or software investment. Instead, your Internet communications are rapidly routed to dedicated CIMCO impermeable servers, where the actual filtering and funneling of all information takes place.

Your SecureBiz Solution starts with an Internet Security assessment of your network vulnerability, detecting security breaches that threaten operations now and in the future. Content filtering solutions are then customized to target the problem areas. Ongoing statistical analysis intelligence ensures that Internet Security protection remains ongoing to thwart the ever-changing nature of viruses and facetious cyber crime. Finally and most importantly, SecureBiz's email filtering and spam filtering stand guard over your Internet Security 24x7x365, just like your CIMCO team.

Assess
Remote Vulnerability Assessment

Step one is an objective network vulnerability assessment that provides an outsider's view inside your Internet Security status. Plan to be shocked when you see your network as hackers can, and note how easily intruders can hop on email for a ride inside. You'll be glad to know that security breaches and risk areas will be pinpointed with precision. You have the flexibility to schedule scans around the clock at your convenience to minimize the slight possibility of business interruption. Consider this a diagnostic tool complete with Internet Security health reports and prescriptions for a better condition.

Protect
Spam and Content Filtering & Virus Protection

Proactively stop system failures by saying "Keep Out" to unwanted spam and viruses. SecureBiz Spam and Content Filtering allows you to quarantine questionable email for further examination, precluding clog-inducing attachments and downloads. And CIMCO's Virus Protection Solutions take Internet Security safeguards to a higher, stronger degree by thwarting malicious codes faster than the industry norm. Viruses are identified, stopped and obliterated before any damage can be done.

Maintain
An Evolving Defense That Works 24x7

Security threats are constantly morphing, which is why SecureBiz is constantly evolving as well. Multiple feeds are received hourly for anti-virus signatures, as are updates from leading spam-identifying houses. CIMCO's 10 defense layers support up to 25,000 active email users and up to 25 million email messages daily. SecureBiz's email filtering and spam filtering are working for you every moment of the day. Let CIMCO take care of the threats so you can just take care of business.

Reclaim Your Network with 10 Email Defense Layers

SecureBiz Frequently Asked Questions

Why is junk email called spam?

The history of spam... Unsolicited email earned the name "spam" because it resembled a Monty Python skit where a chorus of Vikings drowned out other sounds by signing "spam, spam, spam."

Early digital marketing pioneers contend that spam is actually an acronym for Simultaneosly Posted Advertising Message.

The first spam email may have been sent in 1978 by a Digital Equipment Corporation salesperson to announce a product presentation. Source: The New York Times, February 9, 2003

What is spam?

Spam is any message or posting, regardless of its content, that is sent to multiple recipients who have not specifically requested the message. Spam can also be multiple postings of the same message to newsgroups or list servers that are not related to the topic of discussion. Other common terms for spam include unsolicited commercial email (UCE), unsolicited bulk email (UBE) and junk mail.

Web sites that are less reputable or have privacy policies that are less strict may sell your email address to spammers. Those who send spam typically have purchased a list of email addresses from these web sites. They send messages from numerous different - and often falsified - addresses to all areas of the Web, which makes them hard to track.

What is an MX record?

An MX record is simply an entry in a domain name database that identifies the email server responsible for handling email for that domain - similar to a primary postal address. With the CIMCO SecureBiz service, you re-direct your MX record to CIMCO so all email from the outside go through CIMCO and its filtering process before it is delivered to your actual address.

How do I change my MX Record?

You need to contact either the ISP or Web Hosting company of your domain name (www.yourdomain.com) and tell them to change the "MX Record" to the CIMCO server address given to you during sign-up.

Does pointing our MX record to CIMCO give your access to our email?

No. The CIMCO message processing centers act as proxies when receiving your inbound email. Messages are filtered in real-time as they are being simultaneously delivered into your messaging environment. Because CIMCO's service is proxy-based, your messages are not stored to disk so there is no risk of lost, damaged or corrupted email.

Do we lose control of our MX record when we point it to CIMCO?

No. The MX record remains in your control. At anytime your MX record may be configured to point back to your messaging infrastructure. You may also lower your MX record's time-to-live (TTL) to increase propagation times.

SecureBiz Glossary of Terms

Bayesian filtering

A statistical approach to determining whether an email is spam. Based on probability inference techniques pioneered by English mathematician Thomas Bayes.

Blacklist

A feature of anti-spam software that allows users to designate IP addresses, domain names and individual email addresses from which no mail will be accepted.

False negative

When anti-spam software fails to identify a spam message as spam.

False positive

When anti-spam software wrongly identifies a legitimate message as spam.

Heuristic filtering

Heuristic filtering uses matching rules gained through experience to identify spam. Through detailed analysis of incoming email based on carefully designed rules, heuristic filtering assigns a numerical value or "score" to each message. The score is used to determine whether the message is likely to be spam or not.

Spam

All unsolicited commercial email (UCE) and unsolicited bulk email (UBE) that a reipient does not want to receive.

Spoofing

When spammers forge an email address to hide the origin of a spam message. Email scammers and virus writers also use this trick. Scammers spoof address lines to fool people into thinking an email has arrived from a legitimate source, such as an online bank. Similarly, virus writers have passed off viruses as security patches by spoofing their origin as being, for example, from Microsoft technical support.

Whitelist

A list of external email addresses, IP addresses and domains trusted by the entire organization or individual users. All mail from these addresses is delivered, bypassing the spam filters.

Virus

A malicious program that replicates itself and may cause damage to a computer system by attacking or attaching itself to boot information, another program or a document that uses macros.

Quarantine

A location to isolate files suspected spam emails that the files can't be opened, executed or delivered.