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Messaging Security for Hosting Providers

  • quote up For WEB.DE AG security is in focus. We require a robust, scalable solution providing real-time protection against unsolicited email. As a result of the cooperation with Commtouch, close to 100 percent of unwanted email, no matter its global origins, is being detected and blocked for WEB.DE customers. quote bottom
    Leslie Romeo, Head of Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Team, 1&1

  • quote up By relying on RPD technology, we know that our customers are protected from today’s spam outbreaks, and also defended against whatever new tactics will arise tomorrow. quote bottom
    Jan Hichert, CEO, Astaro

  • quote up Commtouch’s Recurrent Pattern Detection is precisely the cutting-edge anti-spam technology that a leading messaging service provider and appliance vendor like IntelliReach needs. We see it as an important opportunity for new revenue growth. With Commtouch technology, we have created a spam filtering capability that is reliable, accurate and future-proof. We were particularly impressed by Commtouch’s unmatched accuracy levels, which ensure that no bona fide email will be mistakenly delayed or blocked. quote bottom
    Derek Schoettle, VP of Business Development, Infocrossing

  • quote up Intermedia selected Commtouch because its Recurrent Pattern Detection™ technology enables us to provide our customers with additional state-of-the-art spam, phishing and virus detection, while easily integrating into our existing security and email infrastructure, all without additional cost to the customer. Commtouch technology enhances our offering by applying pattern matching technology to detection, which goes above and beyond content scanning and heuristics engines. quote bottom
    Jonathan McCormick, VP Operations, Intermedia

  • quote up Protecting email is a top priority at eNom, so we set out to bring our users the very best solution. We tested leading anti-malware solutions, and Commtouch’s Zero Hour Virus Outbreak Protection with RPD™ technology was the clear winner in terms of both overall detection rates and protection against new viruses in email. quote bottom
    Steve Brown, Vice President of Customer Relationship Management, eNom

  • quote up “We saw an immediate 10-15% drop in the infrastructure required to run our messaging system.” quote bottom
    Hosting Product Manager, Worldwide Web Hosting Provider

Success Stories

Commtouch’s real-time, fully-automated email security solutions block spam, phishing and malware, enabling hosting providers to reduce costs, attract new customers and enhance their competitive offerings.

Join leading hosting providers from all over the world that have integrated Commtouch’s award-winning, carrier-grade email security engines into their solutions because of their robustness, easy integration and accuracy coupled with superior detection rates and low false positives.

Offerings for Hosting Providers

Commtouch security solutions are based on Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD), a unique, patented technology that analyzes vast amounts of email to identify Internet threats and outbreaks in real-time.

Anti-Spam & Anti-Phishing – Industry-leading spam detection, averaging over 98% detection with close to zero false positives, blocks spam and phishing attempts at the first sign of an outbreak.  Hosting providers benefit from the same anti-spam technology used by security leaders, including Check Point and F-Secure.

Outbound Spam Protection - Block spam before it leaves the hosting provider network. Safeguards hosting providers’ IP reputation from network abuse and improves valid email deliverability.  
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Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection – The ultimate real-time virus protection technology that complements traditional AV solutions by blocking new virus and malware attacks as soon as they are released on the Internet.

GlobalView™ Mail Reputation – Enables hosting providers to block up to 90% of unwanted connections at the network’s edge, before they enter the messaging infrastructure, thus saving critical downstream messaging resources and improving overall network performance. Outperforms RBLs, blocks botnet-generated spam and cuts infrastructure costs.

Easy Integration Options

Commtouch has built an arsenal of “plug and play” integration tools enabling hosting providers to leverage their existing platforms and to gain competitive advantage while minimizing integration costs and time-to-market.

  • SpamAssassin – Integrate into any SpamAssassin implementation to boost spam and malware detection levels with RPD technology without replacing existing message-handling infrastructure. The plugin also has extensions for the following platforms:
        Amavis-New
        MailScanner
  • Sendmail/Postfix Milter – Offers fast and easy integration with no development efforts. It provides granular control over messaging security actions, supporting message tagging and on-session blocking to reduce quarantine.
  • MS® Exchange Connector - enables operators of hosted and managed Microsoft® Exchange environments to easily integrate Commtouch’s proven email protection technology into their existing Exchange implementations.
  • Parallels Plesk Panel – Allows hosting providers to incorporate Commtouch security services and gain a competitive edge with a full security offering for their customers.
  • QpSMTPd – Integrates Commtouch GlobalView Mail Reputation and Anti-Spam services into the qpsmtpd daemon.
  • Qmail-Scanner – Allows integration of Commtouch Anti-Spam service into Qmail platforms.
  • RBL - Achieve excellent block rates with the simple integration of Commtouch Mail Reputation Service into any mail system with an RBL interface.

Technology & Benefits

  • Reliable Infrastructure analyzes massive amounts of Internet traffic, generating immediate actionable data.
  • Future-Proof security by analyzing traffic patterns and behaviors to  proactively detect threats at the zero hour.
  • Scalable Solution that grows with Hosting Providers’ Needs with no up-front or unnecessary investments in costly new hardware.
  • Improved Customer Satisfaction by effectively eliminate false positives, while providing safe browsing and superior detection of spam, malware and phishing.