Organizations have adopted instant messaging (IM) and other real-time communication and collaboration tools to help promote business effectiveness, efficiency and productivity, yet they open the door to an entirely new set of security concerns. These applications represent an entry point and an ideal vector for blended threats such as malware, viruses, worms, compliance violations and loss of intellectual property.

While IM offers significant business value, it also poses a serious security threat requiring all organizations to raise the bar on securing IM usage. Ultimately this reduces risk, driving adherence to corporate acceptable use policies, reduces complexity and total cost of ownership.

BorderWare Solving IM Security

BorderWare IM Security Gateway protects corporate networks from IM-based Spam (SPIM), viruses and other IM attacks while monitoring content to protect inbound and outbound communications. Its integrated policy secures, logs, and monitors IM communications to meet compliance regulations, and inspects for information leakage and other policy violations.