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New Aladdin eSafe SecureSurfing™ Solution Allows ISPs to Protect Their Customers
from Spyware and Phishing Threats
Innovative approach lets ISPs easily provide "clean pipe" tiered security services
to customers while quickly increasing revenues
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CHICAGO, October 6, 2005 -
Aladdin Knowledge Systems (Nasdaq:ALDN), the worldwide leader in Software Digital Rights
Management (DRM) and USB-based
authentication solutions, and a leading innovator
in enterprise secure content management, today
announced a new Tiered SecureSurfing™ solution, the latest Aladdin eSafe offering
specifically tailored to provide ISPs with unmatched security services for end users.
Currently in beta, the new SecureSurfing
platform is scheduled for general availability in January 2006.
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Today, customers at home, small and medium businesses are overwhelmed with daily
Internet threats they find difficult, if not impossible, to handle. These threats
include spyware and adware that slow computers,
compromise privacy and spy on activities and files; Trojan horses and worms hidden
in Web pages; as well as numerous other types of malicious code exploiting ever-increasing
security holes. These growing threats cannot be handled by inline antivirus services
currently offered by ISPs, which only handle email content.
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Last month, the Aladdin eSafe Content Security Response Team (CSRT)
conducted a two-month analysis of the top 2,000 known
spyware threats, reporting that that a staggering 15 percent of
spyware threats actually steal passwords and log keystrokes, while also
attempting to steal logged-on user names, instant messaging usage and email addresses.
The study illustrates that a growing amount of
spyware is specifically designed for identity theft and continues to compromise
both personal and commercial privacy, with potentially dangerous effects.
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ISPs Can Easily Expand Offerings, Increase Revenues
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Using the Aladdin eSafe Tiered
SecureSurfing solution, ISPs can now quickly and easily provide customers
with a true "clean pipe" Internet connection. Home users and small businesses do
not have to become security experts or buy and manage an assortment of expensive
security products. The eSafe Tiered SecureSurfing solution offers various business
models, enabling ISPs to:
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- Immediately increase revenues with limited initial expenses
- Get a competitive edge by providing true "SecureSurfing" with
no end-user performance impact
- Offer customers "large business security" for a small monthly
fee
- Reduce help-desk calls due to malicious code problems
- Reduce malicious code outbreaks, DoS, phishing, etc.
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Powerful Aladdin eSafe Technologies
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As a source of incremental revenue and an added value service, content security
is an ideal way for service providers to differentiate themselves by offering:
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- Real-time Web surfing with four-layer spyware blocking utilizing
15 anti-spyware technologies, stopping both standard and targeted spyware attacks
- Real-time Web surfing Trojan and worm blocking with full inspection
of all Web page content
- Real-time Web surfing exploit and vulnerability blocking -
true proactive security
- Blocking unauthorized applications traffic for business end
users (P2P, IM etc.)
- Optional services such as: complete phishing prevention, email
anti-spam, Web site URL filtering by categories, as well as email security and antivirus
-- including the only fully transparent solution that can inspect ALL email and
Web mail, not just the ISP mailbox
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"ISP customers at home and even small businesses are forced to become security experts,
managing an antis-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewall, security patches, and
fighting spam. Home networks with multiple users make this task nearly impossible
for an average person," said Shimon Gruper, vice president of technology for the
Aladdin eSafe Business Unit. "People want Web surfing to be secure - like it used
to be. The Aladdin eSafe SecureSurfing solution is the only practical choice, and
one of the few services customers are willing to pay for."
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About Aladdin eSafe 5
Aladdin eSafe is an integrated gateway content
security solution providing proactive email security
and Web browsing security. As an in-line,
transparent solution, eSafe offers the industry's highest content security performance,
encompassing:
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- Layered anti-spyware
- Spam management
- Application filtering
- Proactive antivirus technologies
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Unlike other products which focus on viruses, eSafe protects users and the enterprise
from Web-borne content threats including spam, viruses, known and unknown worms,
Trojans, Webpage malicious code, spyware, unauthorized P2P, Instant Messaging applications,
and more. With eSafe, organizations take control before problems arise, saving valuable
time as well as thousands of dollars in costly repairs, and providing content security
where it counts most - at the gateway front line.
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For more information on Aladdin eSafe, visit http://www.Aladdin.com/eSafe.
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About Aladdin
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Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. is a global provider of security solutions that reduce
software theft, authenticate network users and protect against unwanted Internet
and e-mail content, including spam, viruses and spyware. Its security products are
organized into two segments: Software Digital Rights Management (DRM)
and Enterprise Security. Aladdin's Software DRM products allow software publishers
to protect their intellectual property and increase
revenues by reducing losses from software theft and piracy. Its Enterprise Security
solutions enable organizations to secure their information technology assets by
controlling who has access to their networks (authentication)
and what content their users can utilize (content security).
Visit the Aladdin Web site at www.Aladdin.com.
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