US LEC offers Email Defense
January 24, 2006
Company offers service to combat fast-morphing virus and spam threats.
US LEC announced the availability of E-mail Defense, a comprehensive anti-virus and anti-spam service designed to catch malicious and wasteful e-mail before it reaches a business's servers.
"A US LEC customer with E-mail Defense adds protection against dangerous e-mail attacks overloading their servers and network infrastructure," said Jeff Blackey, senior vice president of marketing and business development for US LEC. "E-mail Defense helps stop dangerous traffic before it can enter the customer's network, allowing customers to stay focused on business objectives and less on unnecessary bandwidth consumption and network security threats."
US LEC maintains the service, eliminating the need for customers to update virus definitions and spam-blockers themselves, and generates reports that allow users to monitor malicious traffic; review, release or delete suspect e-mail; and build customized block and allow lists.
The service does not require a US LEC-provided e-mail service and works on any e-mail service or platform.
E-mail Defense is backed by Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that guarantee service availability and reliability. US LEC serves 120 markets across the Eastern United States.