Sunnyvale, CA – May 11, 2010 – Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) today announced its collaboration with RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC) which is designed to provide enterprises with increased global detection and blocking of phishing attacks. As a result, Commtouch GlobalView™ Web Security solutions now provide real-time phishing data to the RSA® FraudActionSM Anti-Phishing Service to further help prevent online fraud and identity theft.
“We are pleased to join forces with Commtouch to increase the value of our services, which help to protect millions of consumers worldwide,” said Christopher Young, Senior Vice President of Technologies and Markets at RSA. “Our customers will benefit from the increased detection and blocking coverage provided by Commtouch through its expansive view of global Internet traffic, its rapid detection and its broad coverage.”
RSA FraudAction, part of the RSA® Identity Protection and Verification Suite, is managed by the RSA® Anti-Fraud Command Center and is designed to detect, analyze, qualify, track, block and shut down phishing, Trojan and other attacks perpetrated by online fraudsters. RSA FraudAction has shut down more than 300,000 illicit websites across 140 countries to date, providing an effective countermeasure against online fraud.
“Web threats such as fraud and phishing are at an all time high and becoming increasingly sophisticated, imposing a serious risk on users and corporations - possibly the largest risk to the Internet today,” said Ido Hadari, chief operating officer at Commtouch. “With this relationship, we believe our technology will help RSA further mitigate the growing dangers online and expand phishing detection capabilities across the globe.”
Commtouch’s GlobalView Web Security solutions, built on a comprehensive view of global Internet traffic, classify compromised Web sites with three unique advantages:
About Commtouch
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) provides proven messaging and Web security technology to more than 130 security companies and service providers for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s GlobalView™ and patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) technologies are founded on a unique cloud-based approach, and work together in a comprehensive feedback loop to protect effectively in all languages and formats. Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, protecting email infrastructures and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The company’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.
EMC, RSA and FraudAction are either registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other products and/or services are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Amy Kenigsberg
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Int'l: +972-9-794-1681
amyk@commtouch.com
