Internet Security for Remote Users
ABSTRACT:This document explains the advantages of cloud-based Internet security services for remote/mobile email and Web users. Traditional gateway or in-house security solutions are limited in their range, restricting the availability of security and compliance enforcement. SaaS makes your email and Web protection portable and ensures that your security and compliance policies are always applied regardless of where a user is located or what web-enabled device they are using.
Introduction
In today’s borderless network environment, users can be in contact with clients, suppliers and co-workers 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world. Traditional in-house networks are being challenged by the “say yes” needs of a workforce who demand flexibility and connectivity whether they are working from home, a hotel, an airport on the other side of the world or the coffee shop around the corner from the office. Providing email and Web protection for these users is a growing requirement for organizations. A wider array of wireless and mobile devices such as smartphones, Blackberry, laptops, iPhones and iPads are being utilized for business and this places new and different demands on network security infrastructure. Furthermore, with the current Web 2.0 threat landscape, unprotected mobile devices that are permitted to roam in and out of the office network represent a serious security risk akin to removable storage. These devices can introduce malicious code or potentially cause serious data loss if unmanaged and
unmonitored.
Cloud-based security services don’t just provide email and Web protection for the workplace. With
Spamina SaaS, mobile or remote users can also utilize Spamina services providing protection against email and Web threats, and securing business data and resources anytime, anywhere.
The Security Risks of Mobile Users
Web-enabled mobile devices such as laptops and smart phones are important business assets. They enable employees to be flexible, productive and connected from almost anywhere. Yet, much like desktop computers, these devices can create security risks if unprotected.
Compliance policies for secure communications and data protection must also be enforced with mobile users. For industries such as healthcare and legal services, protection of private data is mandatory. News headlines regularly detail major instances of data loss where mobile devices are involved such as lost laptops and stolen iPhones.
With the rapidly growing popularity and accessibility of mobile devices and the cultural trends towards greater workplace flexibility to work from home or away from the office, these factors are combining to undermine established network security infrastructure.
The Advantages of Cloud-Based Security for Remote Users
Most organizations today employ a range of email and Web protection systems such as anti-spam, URL filtering and malicious code or threat detection. The traditional platform for these technologies has been in-house software or appliances.
One of the problems with in-house Internet security is that the protection ceases at the gateway to your network. With SaaS, users can connect to the service from anywhere in the world and receive the same protection that they would get within the office network.
Spamina SaaS supports a wide range of devices and remote usage scenarios, including: Supported Devices
Laptop computers (Windows & Mac)
Apple iPhone
Apple iPad
RIM Blackberry
Windows Mobile devices
Nokia Smartphone devices
Remote Usage
Employees working from home
Travelling employees (national and international) Remote offices
Temporary employees
Wireless networks in hotels, airports, cafes, exhibitions, and client or supplier premises. SaaS allows users to be completely mobile and completely protected. Users can travel to other cities or countries and receive the same protection and be managed by the same compliance policies that they would at home or in the office.
Global Roaming
Spamina services are available anywhere in the world thanks to the Spamina Global Security Network. The Spamina network encompasses 19 cities in 12 countries. Mobile users located within those countries receive the full benefits of the Spamina service including Web acceleration and real-time threat protection. Mobile users roaming outside of these countries are automatically connected to their nearest Spamina server. These users will receive the full policy and security protection of the Spamina service but may not receive full Web acceleration performance depending on their proximity to the closest Spamina server.
NORTH AMERICA Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Ashburn, New York SOUTH AMERICA Lima, Sao Paulo
EUROPE London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam
ASIA Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore
AUSTRALIA Sydney AFRICA Cape Town
Free Evaluation
Spamina services can be easily and freely evaluated before committing to any subscription period. Just provide us with some simple details via an online sign-up form and we can have a free 15-day trial of any of the services up and running for you within 24 hours. Full reporting services are provided to help you learn what is going on with your email and Web usage and understand all that Spamina has to offer. There is no obligation to subscribe and it is quick and easy to disconnect the service if you don’t wish to continue.
About Spamina
Spamina is the first company to provide a proprietary, integrated Security as a Service solution for cloud-based Web and email security featuring a common Web management and reporting console. Our mission is to provide clients with accessible, easy to understand security services that secure their Internet world and enable them to complete their business in safety and privacy – whether their enterprise is large or small.
Our security services utilize sophisticated, patented, real-time content analysis technologies
developed and refined over the last 10 years to ensure maximum threat protection. Our approach to how we deliver this technology and enable clients to access, manage and report on their email and Web usage is to provide simple, easy to use services. This is key to ensuring that our clients understand and receive the maximum returns and benefits of Spamina cloud.
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