Clearswift Receives Accolades for Market-Leading E-mail and Web Security Products; MIMEsweeper Commended by PC Pro, Butler Group and SC Magazine

Business Wire, Jan 24, 2006

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Clearswift, The MIMEsweeper(TM) Company and the leading provider of content security software for e-mail and Web, has received three glowing reviews of its MIMEsweeper software and appliance. Capping the company's most successful year to date, three leading industry voices have all praised MIMEsweeper's ease of use and content filtering capabilities in independent tests.

PC Pro awarded the newly released MIMEsweeper for SMTP appliance "5 Star" and "Recommended" ratings, Butler Group gave the appliance a positive appraisal in its "Technology Audit," and SC Magazine rewarded MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.1 and MIMEsweeper for Web 5.0 with four stars in its group tests.

"Clearswift invented the content security space and these accolades show we're determined not to rest on our laurels," commented Jon Lee, CEO, Clearswift. "We're continually developing and refining our products to ensure we stay ahead of the game and provide the most comprehensive inbound and outbound filtering available."

Butler Group

2005 saw Clearswift launch the first-ever MIMEsweeper appliance at InfoSec. Butler Group, a leading technology industry analyst, reviewed the product, drawing particular attention to the product's ease of use.

MIMEsweeper for SMTP appliance was the industry's first true "plug-and-play" security appliance, and Butler Group praised the ability to install and operate the hardware within only one hour. This "plug-and-play" capability makes the appliance ideal for SMEs, yet the product is "functionally rich", meaning organizations of all sizes can take advantage of MIMEsweeper's comprehensive outbound filtering by tailoring the strong policy and reporting features.

Sue Clarke, senior research analyst, Butler Group, said, "MIMEsweeper SMTP appliance is a feature-rich appliance that enables organizations to protect one of their most valuable assets -- the knowledge capital contained within e-mails."

PC Pro

The MIMEsweeper SMTP appliance, which combines best of breed anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware, anti-phishing and bidirectional content filtering all in one box, also comes "Recommended" by PC Pro magazine, scoring an average of five stars in its product evaluation.

Establishing and enforcing an effective e-mail and Web usage policy is crucial to protecting organizations from both internal and external threats, and according to Dave Mitchell -- who reviewed the product -- the appliance "makes light work of creating new policies."

Mitchell commented, "Clearswift has delivered a complete message security solution that's easy to deploy, offers strong features and is all tied neatly together with a slick management interface."

SC Magazine

SC Magazine, the most influential publication for IT security professionals, rewarded both MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.1 and MIMEsweeper for Web 5.0 with four stars. The policy-making functions at the core of the product were once more highlighted, along with the ease of use, despite the impressive range of functions. The review also emphasizes the depth of MIMEsweeper's inbound and outbound filtering capabilities, in particular the ability to explode attachments to ensure the best chance of threat detection.

"Protecting against inbound threats such as viruses and malware is important," continued Lee, "yet organizations have even more to lose through outgoing e-mail, and this is where MIMEsweeper stands out."

About Clearswift

Clearswift, The MIMEsweeper(TM) Company, is the world's leading provider of content security software for e-mail and Web. Clearswift secures content and protects against digital attacks by enforcing security policies that increase productivity, reduce IT costs and create a safer business environment.

The Internet is the greatest business tool ever invented, but with it comes a harrowing collection of threats. Protecting against the circulation of inappropriate images and text, spam, breaches of confidentiality and viruses is now mission critical.

Clearswift enables organizations to protect themselves against digital attacks, meet legal and regulatory requirements, implement productivity-saving policies and manage intellectual property passing through their network.

Clearswift's portfolio includes MIMEsweeper, the world's most advanced content security solutions, as well as a range of specialized security solutions for the most security-conscious environments.

Clearswift has 15,000 customers and more than 20 million end users worldwide. It has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Australia.