Case study: Everyone.net
Everyone.net, in San Jose, California, manages more than three million active mailboxes worldwide for companies, individuals and service providers. The company chose Sophos solutions, including SAV Interface (part of Email Security and Control) and the Sophos ZombieAlert Service™, to improve spam and phishing protection for users, and to safeguard its network from zombie attacks.
"We evaluated the top anti-virus products alongside our current solution, and found that Sophos offered us the speed and flexibility that others did not."
Wayne Lewis, Chief Technical Officer, Everyone.net, California
Fact file
| Sector | Internet |
|---|---|
| Location | California |
| Environment | 3 million mailboxes and 100,000 connections per day through Linux servers |
| Solution | SAV Interface, part of Email Security and Control Sophos anti-spam engine Sophos ZombieAlert Service |
Business challenge
- Everyone.net needed an anti-virus product with faster and more timely updates, along with better support
- With spam levels running above 75%, Everyone.net wanted to prevent system abuse and improve the spam capture rate, with low false positives.
Technology solution
- SAV Interface was chosen for high-speed integration with the Sophos virus detection engine.
- During evaluation, the Sophos anti-spam engine had the highest capture rate for any given false positive rate.
- Everyone.net subscribed to the Sophos ZombieAlert Service to ensure immediate warning of any spam originating from its network.
Business results
- The speed of virus detection engine has enabled Everyone.net to process messages much more quickly.
- Efficiency gains have included needing 75% fewer servers for spam detection, and a 20-30% improvement in spam capture rates, with far fewer false positives.
- SophosLabs™ analyzes feedback from Everyone.net customers to ensure that spam, phishing and malware campaigns are blocked.
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