Concentric Perimeter Email Protection (PEP) is a complete, cost-effective anti-spam and anti-virus email protection service for businesses that host their own on-premise email servers. Powered by the Concentric Advanced Filtering Engine (CAFE), the network-based PEP filters, authenticates and stops spam and email-based attacks at the perimeter, which increases security and reduces the load on email services.
Concentric PEP Is An Ideal Solution for Companies That Are:
Hosting Microsoft® Exchange, Lotus® Domino or other on-site mail server
Challenged by email traffic that is more than 75% spam
Using multiple products in an attempt to improve email security
Utilizing valuable IT resources to manage spam and other email threats
Ready to reduce the risks and financial burdens associate with email security
To sign up for Concentric Perimeter Email Protection (PEP) or for more information, call (866) 500-9696 or contact us.
For businesses of all sizes, email is a mission-critical communications tool. As the importance of email is increasing, so are viruses, unsolicited commercial email (UCE), otherwise known as spam, phishing (fraud-related email), malicious software and other threats to company security and productivity. Currently, spam and other email threats account for more than 90% of Internet email traffic. Unfortunately, the total cost of owning and operating a multi-vendor email defense system can be greater than the cost of the email system itself.
The global 24/7 cycle of email attacks requires a new technology that provides dynamic, real-time filtering and stops spam and other email threats before they attack networks, email servers, IT staff and email users. The solution is Concentric Perimeter Email Protection (PEP), a cost-effective network-based software service that filters, authenticates and stops spam and email-based attacks at the perimeter.
Continuous Updates
Spam filters and anti-virus filters are automatically and continually updated from multiple sources to deal with the latest viruses, worms, Trojans and other email security threats
Quarantine and check junk mail periodically via a web interface or tag with a modified subject line and deliver to the mail server for rules processing
Flexibility and Control
Configure account-wide, user-specific settings or a combination of both for spam filters, junk filters and anti-virus filtering
White-list or black-list sender addresses or domains for the entire account or for a particular user's email
Individual users with more complex junk mail filtering requirements can be given permission to manage their own settings
Premium Junk Filter
Administrators and individual users can “train” their own personal filtering knowledge base to filter mail according to their preferences
Email Delivery Backup
Undelivered mail due to power outages or other reasons is automatically queued on Concentric systems for up to five days with continuous attempts to re-deliver
How it Works:
Concentric Perimeter Email Protection (PEP) Works In Three Core Phases:
Protocol and timing filters let legitimate mail speed through while slowing down spammers, thereby reducing total spam volume and increasing the cost of sending spam
Anti-virus and customer rules check for specific message qualities and act accordingly
Dynamic content filters take all previous inputs, combine with detailed content analysis and compare with over 200 million emails per day for a collective knowledge rating system
Cloud Computing on a State of the Art Patented Platform
Based on Concentric’s patented clustered architecture, our innovative technology platform delivers superior reliability, scalability and security and reduced total cost of ownership.
Protects your mail infrastructure and reduces network and end-station load
Enables more mail functionality and more protection from load attacks with less hardware and lower human costs
Especially important for mobile devices with limited bandwidth and/or no local filtering
No hardware to purchase, install or operate, and no software to license, download, install or update
Features:
Keep Your Email Server Up and Running With Continuous Anti-Spam Services and Email Virus Protection
Spam Filtering and Anti-Virus Tools
Sanitizes incoming email and blocks spam and harmful email viruses at the perimeter of your network, before they reach your email infrastructure.
Permitted, Blocked Sender, and Domain Lists
White-list or black-list sender addresses or domains for the entire account or for a particular user's email. Individual users with more complex junk mail filtering requirements can be given permission to manage their own settings.
Attack Monitoring and Protection
Detects, monitors and defeats directory hosting, dictionary attacks, denial-of-service (DoS), email bombs and other attacks around the clock.
Email Infrastructure Protection
Email is routed through PEP servers first, so spammers cannot spam your server directly and MX records do not appear in public DNS lookups.
Online Administration
Online interfaces simplify day-to-day account administration and reporting.
Email Delivery Backup
Should your email server stop receiving incoming mail, mail is spooled for up to five days and re-delivered when your server is back up and running, at no extra charge.
Real-time Monitoring and Incoming Email Analysis
Real-time, daily, weekly or monthly HTML email reports of email traffic and handling with summaries, message details, email traffic statistics and patterns for all inbound mail activity for all domain names associated with an account.
Ongoing Service and Support
Professional services teams are available to help you migrate quickly and easily to Concentric Perimeter Email Protection and U.S.-based customer support is offered on an ongoing basis.
Benefits:
Increase Security, Reliability and Productivity with Concentric Perimeter Email Protection (PEP)
Increased Security
Only clean, valid and properly addressed email is sent to company email servers for final delivery
Enhanced Reliability
Concentric’s mail servers can each handle tens of thousands of simultaneous inbound sessions
Improved Productivity
By reducing unwanted email by up to 90%, employees have more time to focus on core company business
Reduced IT Expenses
Filtering in the cloud requires no additional hardware to purchase, install or operate, and no software to license, download, install or update, thereby reducing your total cost of ownership
Testimonials:
PEP Email Filtering User Testimonials:
“PEP is a great service from both customer service and customer experience standpoints. Our junk mail has been reduced by 97%. Thank you, for partnering with us to preserve our system uptime and stability.”
— Brian Long, CIO, ChemQuip, Inc. (39 Users)
“PEP has made a huge difference in the volume of junk that we have to deal with everyday. It has a direct positive impact on resources such as bandwidth, storage, and archiving.”
— Tom Jobling, Relocation Connections, Inc.
“Concentric Perimeter Email Protection has served flawlessly as our frontline of defense in blocking DOS attacks and eliminating the high 'bogus' user email volumes we were experiencing. We have over 300 email user accounts, and when we enabled PEP we immediately saw a drop from over 60,000 emails a day to less than 8,000 a day.”
— Don Winant, CIO, Gristedes (350 Users)
Case Study:
Concentric (PEP) Delivers Enhanced Security for Gristedes
Gristedes is a chain of 45 upscale grocery stores in Manhattan. Due in part to an antiquated email security solution, the Gristedes network became the target of malicious dictionary harvest attacks that drove 2,000 spam attempts a minute, resulting in frozen mail queues, lost mail and thousands of dollars worth of lost grocery orders. Unable to turn off spam filters or do user authentication, Gristedes called Concentric.
By rapidly deploying Concentric Perimeter Email Protection (PEP), Gristedes was able to slash email volume from 60,000 – 70,000 messages a day to less than 8,000 a day. Now that the Gristedes email server is functioning smoothly again, maintenance is easy with PEP spool and redeliver.
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Concentric Perimeter Email Protection (PEP)
Reduce Your IT Expenses with Lower Pricing
All PEP Packs include the following features:
Anti-spam and anti-virus filtering for all users (PEP Standard)
Email spool and deliver which holds email for five days if your mail server is down
Can be configured in Primary mode (recommended) to filter all inbound email or as secondary MX
Online Junk Mail quarantine for each user
PEP Email Filtering Pricing
PEP Email Filtering Pricing - 12 Month Term
Save approximately 10% when signing up for a 12 month term.
PEP Package:
PEP 25
PEP 50
PEP 100
PEP 500
Number of Users
25
50
100
500
Monthly Price - 12 Month Term (Early termination fee applies)
$28.25
$49.50
$90.00
$382.50
Additional Users (per month)
$1.13
$0.99
$0.90
$0.77
PEP Email Filtering Pricing - Month to Month Billing
PEP Package:
PEP 25
PEP 50
PEP 100
PEP 500
Number of Users
25
50
100
500
Monthly Price - 1 Month Term
$31.25
$55.00
$100.00
$425.00
Additional Users (per month)
$1.25
$1.10
$1.00
$0.85
PEP Premium Filters
$1.00/user
1.00/user
1.00/user
1.00/user
PEP Email Filtering Details and Options
The Premium Filter option allows users to individually train their filter by providing feedback on what received mail is junk and what is not. Premium filtering also includes user-customizable mail rules.
PEP Standard
Premium Filter Option
Monthly Price
Included in all PEP Packs. See PEP Pack Pricing
Additional $1.00/user
Standard self-updating spam filters
Yes
Yes
Anti-virus scanning
Yes
Yes
Account wide mail rules
Yes
Yes
User "safe lists" for white listing
Yes
Yes
User custom mail handling rules
No
Yes
User custom "trainable" junk filters
No
Yes
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