IronPort Stops Virus Outbreaks Before Major Anti-Virus Vendors IronPort Threat Operations Identifies and Quarantines 20 Viruses in the Last 45 Days

San Bruno, CA (PRWEB) August 21, 2006

IronPort?s Threat Operations Center reported today that it in the past 45 days it has blocked 20 virus outbreaks ? all of them quarantined before major anti-virus vendors released a signature.

— IronPort?s Threat Operations Center reported today that it in the past 45 days it has blocked 20 virus outbreaks ? all of them quarantined before major anti-virus vendors released a signature.

— IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters? respond much faster than traditional anti-virus technology ? from 2-64 hours in advance of the first anti-virus vendors. IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters average 13 hours of added protection during the window of high vulnerability, which occurs between the time a virus is first detected and anti-virus signatures are released.

— A typical virus outbreak averages $ 300 per desktop in IT clean-up costs alone.

— IronPort