
BlackSpider managed email and web security solutions
For customers who wish to fully outsource their ISP security services, 8el is working in partnership with BlackSpider Technologies, the on-demand security service of SurfControl plc, to offer a complete suite of fully managed security services.
BlackSpider Technologies deliver highly effective protection against email and web based threats. MailControl services provide anti-virus, spam, content filtering and encryption for email. WebDefence services protect the organisation from malicious web content and enables the enforcement of acceptable web usage policies.
By implementing these Internet security services, companies can solve email and web security issues; benefiting from comprehensive virus protection, intelligent identification and blocking of spam mail and the ability to define, enforce and monitor email usage policy. Additionally, by installing BlackSpider's fully managed services the administration time spent on managing email security packages is negligible.
The benefits BlackSpider's managed solution include:
- Email and web threats blocked at Internet level away from your network
- Easy, flexible low cost deployment (no hardware or software required)
- 4 x anti-virus engines to ensure maximum protection
- Adaptive spam engine stops over 98% of all junk email
- Automatically quarantines infected, spam or inappropriate email
- Real time updating of global email and web security policy
- Email disaster recovery - emails are queued if customer mail server is unavailable
A example of a managed solution incoporating BlackSpider services:

Increasing levels of spam and virus attacks make implementing an ISP security solution a priority for UK businesses.
Flexible ISP solutions
For customers with an established email and web security provider, 8el ISP are able to work in conjunction with the incumbent managed service to ensure completely secure ISP connectivity.
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