Transam
Microsystems appointed sole Microdasys Distributor for UK and Ireland –
Bridging the gap in the content security of web traffic
Microdasys recognises security
expertise and sales track record of long-established system integrator
London, 24
November 2005 – Microdasys, a leader in data security solutions for the open
systems market, today announced that Transam Microsystems has been appointed
as a distributor for the UK and Ireland for Microdasys’ product range.
Founded in
1978 Transam focuses on a number of highly related areas including IT
infrastructure solutions, storage management, e-mail and web content
management, remote access and IT security. Transam is well placed to appoint
and assist resellers for Microdasys’ products, SCIP (Secure Content
Inspection Proxy) and XmlRAY.
Microdasys
enables enterprises to benefit safely from encrypted Internet connections
without sacrificing confidentiality and security. It makes the Internet a
safer place for businesses of all sizes. Microdasys understands the critical
need to inspect, manage and control the huge amount of web traffic that is
encrypted – over 30%. This means that around a third of the web traffic
entering and leaving corporate and enterprise networks is potentially
capable of importing viruses and malicious code without detection, because
network defences simply cannot open and inspect encrypted packets. As a
result, none of the policies security administrators have established for
their company can be enforced on encrypted web traffic.
“Microdasys is in an
eminent position to plug the gap in web content security,”
explained Bev
Nicholls, Sales Manager for Transam.
“As experts in content management, we aim to bring Microdasys’ innovative
solutions to the UK and Ireland market. Transam will be strongly committed
to establishing a UK / Ireland partner channel for Microdasys.”
Since its
introduction in early 2003 SCIP has been installed by many enterprises
across all industries. Some of these could not afford the risks to business
growth of blocking encrypted files which are essential to e-commerce. Others
did not wish to waste costly man-hours administering lengthy and
unmanageable proxy whitelists, while still not being able to inspect the
traffic. None of them wanted to entrust their business to a communications
model where digital server certificates are supposed to guarantee the
identity and trustworthiness of a web server, but do not. Server
certificates can be self-signed, stolen, bogus, expired or revoked and they
are beyond the control of the security administrator. Users can ignore
warning messages of the web browser and allow the connection. By inspecting
encrypted traffic SCIP and XmlRAY give IT control and deliver peace of mind
to the business. Easy to install and manage these products are affordable to
organisations of all sizes.
“At
a time when data security and protection are becoming strategic imperatives
for businesses of all sizes, I am confident that Transam will deliver
outstanding results for Microdasys,” said Karl Altmann, CEO of
Microdasys.
Initially,
Transam will be targeting resellers of Clearswift’s MIMEsweeper for the web,
Aladdin eSafe, Blue Coat ProxyAV, Fortinet FortiGate series and Trend
Micro’s Interscan Web Security Suite.
