Today’s exponential increase in spam, phishing attacks, malware, spyware, web-based attacks, and bounced email attacks has resulted in complicated and expensive security deployments. Even simply analyzing a single message or web application request requires a complex sequence of inspection processes and load balancing application traffic to the appropriate security mitigation functions. The end result is that organizations have to deal with an elaborate set of security appliances that use load balancers and switches to glue themselves together.

This “security appliance sprawl” is driving the need for a simpler and more effective content gateway deployment. That is why Crossbeam has developed the Next Generation Content Gateway, the convergence of the latest content and web application protection technologies. The solution represents a powerful blend of comprehensive email protection at the gateway, integrating multi-tiered anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-phishing, URL filtering, anti-spyware, and more for a coordinated defense. With the Next Generation Content Gateway, organizations can reduce complexity by consolidating a variety of web and content security functions into a single security services platform.

The Crossbeam Solution: Differentiated Value
The ultra-high performance and reliability of the Crossbeam Next Generation Security Platform ensure that network security teams deliver a safe end-user experience without sacrificing choice, security, or availability. Organizations receive new capabilities faster, with fewer devices, lower cost, and less staff needed to manage them. Our Next Generation Content Security Platform, coupled with security applications from ISV partners including Trend Micro and Websense, forms the basis for the industry’s most highly available and reliable, as well as best performing, solution.