Gateway Security r8.1

Gateway Security r8.1

Gateway Security r8.1 is a unified, comprehensive gateway management solution.
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CA Gateway Security r8.1 (formerly CA Secure Content Manager) is a fully integrated, policy-based, multilayered gateway security solution that safeguards against the external transmission of proprietary, controlled or company-confidential information and intellectual property leakages and helps enterprises comply with government laws and regulations. A key feature offered is additional layers of spam filtering, including sender reputation, embedded URL filtering, malformed email detection and an evasion techniques dictionary that offer protection from unwanted and unsolicited emails leading to business productivity and improved service continuity.

Key Features at a Glance

  • Enhanced Layers of Anti-Spam Filtering and Automatic Updates
  • URL Filtering
  • End-to-End Content Protection
  • Simplified Administration
  • Corporate Data Guardian
  • Enables Regulatory Compliance
  • Protection from Phishing, P2P File Sharing and Spyware
  • Web-based GUI for Real-time User Self-management
  • Ability to Create Custom Reports
  • Role-based Administration
  • Full Support for Active Directory


What is the most important thing about this new release?

An integrated gateway security solution from CA that enterprises critically need today for managing spam, virus, phishing attacks, spyware, offensive content usage and malicious mobile code receives a crucial updating.

New name reflects the importance of the Gateway in combating Internet Threats within the corporate network.

Accolades/Certifications

  • ICSA Labs-certified for detecting 100% of viruses “in-the-wild”
  • Westcoast Labs - 25 passes
  • Backed by CA Security Advisor team, worldwide, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Winner, Virus Bulletin’s “VB100 Award” for catching viruses, record 36 times
  • Winner, Tech Innovator Award from VARBusiness magazine

Key features

12x5 Phone-Based Support


Enhanced Layers of Anti-Spam Filtering and Automatic
Updates


URL Filtering


End-to-End Content Protection


Simplified Administration


Corporate Data Guardian


Enables Regulatory Compliance


Protection from Phishing, P2P File Sharing and Spyware


Web-based GUI for Real-time User Self-management


Ability to Create Custom Reports


Role-based Administration


Full Support for Active Directory

Server Requirements

The following requirements must be met or exceeded for CA Gateway Security to install and run correctly:

SMTP Content Manager Computer

  • Platform: Pentium, 1.3 GHz processor
  • Memory: Minimum of 1.0 GB RAM
  • Disk Size: 5.0 GB free disk space
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Domain Name services
  • Network Interface: one standard network interface card (NIC)

HTTP/FTP Content Manager Computer
  • Platform: Pentium, 1.3 GHz processor
  • Memory: Minimum of 1.0 GB RAM
  • Disk Size: 5.0 GB free disk space
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Network Interface: one standard NIC

Central Reporter, Quarantine Manager, Manager Console Computer
  • Platform: Pentium, 1.3 GHz processor
  • Memory: Minimum of 1.0 GB RAM
  • Disk Size: 5.0 GB free disk space
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Domain Name services (used by the Quarantine Manager)
  • Network Interface: one standard NIC

Supported Platforms
  • Windows 2003 Server SP1
  • Windows XP Professional SP1, SP2
  • Windows 2000 SP4
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows Server 2008

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is CA Gateway Security r8.1?

A: CA Gateway Security r8.1 is a fully integrated, multi-layered solution that combines content and threat management security functions together to resolve and manage a diverse array of gateway security issues facing enterprises and SMBs today. It helps protect against known threats including spam, viruses, phishing attacks, malicious mobile code and inappropriate Internet use and content, and extends to help protect organizations from new threats such as spyware and peer-to-peer file sharing. CA Gateway Security r8.1 helps prevent confidential data loss and guard enterprise intellectual property. A highly customizable solution, CA Gateway Security r8.1 allows users to create their own rules for incoming and outgoing email, and Web URL access. CA Gateway Security r8.1 is an important updating of CA Secure Content Manager.

Q. Why is this update to CA Secure Content Manager renamed to CA Gateway Security r8.1?

A:The new name CA Gateway Security r8.1 better reflects the importance of this suite in protecting a corporate IT environment from Internet threats. CA believes that a comprehensive security solution must protect the enterprise at both the Gateway and at the endpoints of the corporate network.

Q. How does CA Gateway Security r8.1 work?

A:CA Gateway Security r8.1 introduces the convergence of security and content management. For the first time, the solution for complex content problems is not purely a security matter — it also needs to be managed to help ensure security and business needs are addressed. Until now, most vendors have been too focused on point security products and have failed to recognize this emerging convergence of security and content management.

Q. What do I buy — one product or many?

A: CA Gateway Security r8.1 is a comprehensive, integrated solution that may be purchased in the following ways:
  • CA Gateway Security r8.1 Suite
  • CA Gateway Security r8.1 which provides integrated, fully featured content management tools for the gateway:
    • Anti-Spam
    • Email Content Filtering
    • Antivirus Engine
    • Web URL Filtering
    • Web Content Filtering
    • Malicious Mobile Code Defense
  • CA Antivirus latest release, providing comprehensive protection against viruses.
  • CA Gateway Security r8.1
      • Provides integrated, fully featured content management tools for the gateway:
    • Anti-Spam
    • Email Content Filtering
    • Antivirus Engine
    • Web URL Filtering
    • Web Content Filtering
    • Malicious Mobile Code Defense
  • CA Gateway Security r8.1 - Individual Components
    • Antivirus Gateway (Antivirus Engine and Malicious Mobile Code Defense)
    • Anti-Spam (Antivirus Gateway + Email Content Filtering + Anti-Spam)
    • Web Filter (Antivirus Gateway + Web URL Filtering)


Q. How is CA Gateway Security r8.1 packaged?

A:CA Gateway Security r8.1 is available in the following packages and individual components:
  • CA Gateway Security r8.1 (update for ‘CA Secure Content Manager’) which includes Antivirus Engine, Email Content Filtering, Anti-Spam, Web URL Filtering, Web Content Filtering and Malicious Mobile Code protection at the gateway
  • Competitive and upgrade versions are also available of CA Gateway Security r8.1.


Q. What updates are available for Gateway Security r8.1 customers?

A:The updates that are available to customers, depending on the package purchased and as long as they are on active maintenance and support are:
  • Antivirus
  • Anti-spam
  • Web URL Filtering


Q. Is CA Gateway Security r8.1 available in languages other than English?

A:Yes, in addition to English, CA Gateway Security r8.1is available in the following languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese.

Q. Why did CA create an integrated secure content management solution?

A:By creating an integrated secure content management solution, CA adds value for its customers through cost savings, enhanced enterprise security and simplified content security management. A gateway solution plus an endpoint solution provides the corporate network with a comprehensive protection solution while reducing the processing overhead at the endpoint.

Q. What is the return on investment of using CA Gateway Security r8.1 vs. implementing point solutions?

A:When compared with the costs of licensing, implementing, and maintaining multiple point solutions, CA Gateway Security r8.1 and CA Gateway Security r8.1 Suite offer extraordinary value. This is due in large part to CA’s single pricing strategy. In addition, fewer staff and resources are required to manage the software, enabling you to free up critical budgets for other high-priority projects.

Q. How does your integrated solution compare with best-of-breed products?

A:CA Gateway Security r8.1 includes best-of-breed antivirus, anti-spam, and Web URL filtering functionality, which are all available in one solution from a single vendor.

Q. Can CA Gateway Security r8.1 help protect against viruses and worms?

A:Yes. CA Gateway Security r8.1 offers comprehensive antivirus scanning and scans SMTP attachments and HTTP/FTP downloads. With regard to HTTP/FTP downloads: CA Gateway Security scans for malicious mobile code, such as Java applets and ActiveX. CA Gateway Security extracts compressed files for worms and viruses detection, and strips infected attachments from emails.

Q. Does CA Gateway Security r8.1 help prevent spyware downloads and phishing attacks?

A:Yes. CA Gateway Security r8.1 provides an added layer of security by helping employees avoid unknowingly accessing malicious sites that contain or distribute spyware. By protecting against these threats, your IT department is better able to focus on strategic business initiatives.

Q. Can CA Gateway Security r8.1 reside on the same machine as a mail server, such as Microsoft Exchange?

A:CA Gateway Security r8.1 can be configured to reside on the same machine as Microsoft Exchange as well as CA mail servers in environments with a small number of users. For best performance, however, we generally recommend that CA Gateway Security r8.1 is on a separate server than that used for mail.

Q. Is this a server-based or client-based spam filtering solution?

A:CA Gateway Security r8.1 contains software that runs on a gateway server to perform the spam filtering. The CA Gateway Security r8.1Suite also includes everything in CA Antivirus – gateway, groupware, server, desktop, and PDA.

Q. Does CA Gateway Security r8.1scale for large enterprises?

A:Yes, CA Gateway Security r8.1is a scalable enterprise solution. We have been using the product at CA for four years.

Q. Who makes the determination on what is Spam?

A:Spam is defined by predefined rules which are updated by a research team. The Administrator also has some customization capabilities and the Administrator can also allow the end user to control some capabilities (via allow/deny lists).

Q. If the customer already has CA Antivirus will they need to uninstall these products?

A:No, CA Antivirus customers who migrate to the Gateway Security Suite, which includes the latest release of CA Antivirus, will not need to uninstall existing CA Antivirus software on desktops, laptops, PDAs, servers or groupware (Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes/Domino). Updates in the CA Gateway Security Suite, if any, will be installed in addition to or on top of existing antivirus functionality in the CA Gateway Security software on desktops and servers, etc.

Q. How does CA Gateway Security r8.1 handle failover and high availability?

A:CA Gateway Security r8.1 can be configured to forward email to multiple email servers. Highavailability and load balancing solutions can also be used in conjunction with CA Gateway Security r8.1. These are available through our business partners.

Q. How is CA Gateway Security r8.1 different than other solutions currently available?

A:CA Gateway Security r8.1is an integrated, comprehensive, cost-effective, content management software solution from one vendor which addresses a wide range of gateway security issues facing enterprises today. By and large, the solutions on the market today are point solutions that require separate installations and management. These point solutions can pose several problems to customers, including lack of integration, rising costs, and multi-vendor management.

Q. How can I get additional information about CA Gateway Security r8.1?

A:For more information about CA Gateway Security r8.1, please call 1-800-875-9659 or visit: ca.com/threatmgmt
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