IM Auditor
IMAuditor addresses the security, management and compliance needs of enterprises that must enforce corporate messaging standards and adhere to government regulations that require all electronic communications, including IM, be properly secured, managed and archived.
IMAuditor is the leading enterprise-class solution for the security, compliance management and control of Instant Messaging and other real-time communication applications.
IM is the fastest growing electronic communications medium in history; presence is today's dial tone, and enterprises are clearly deriving significant benefit from fast, effective communication. But the growing use of both public and enterprise IM applications in the enterprise is posing both inbound and outbound security threats that can result in security breaches, productivity loss and information leakage.
New e-Discovery legislation that went into effect December 1, 2006 requires organizations to keep track of these and other electronic records and be able to produce "electronically stored information" as part of the litigation discovery process. Instant Messaging conversations, along with the chat threads created through the use of web conferencing and VoIP applications such as Skype, and any files transferred across these networks, are now subject to the same legal controls and compliance requirements as email. Organizations must safeguard and archive these conversations for auditing purposes and to ensure data privacy legislation breaches do not occur.
IMAuditor is used by the world's largest firms to secure and manage real-time communications and ensure that Instant Messaging can be safely used to enhance business productivity and responsiveness without endangering network security.
IMAuditor supports all public and enterprise IM clients, as well as industry-focused IM communities such as Reuters and Bloomberg, and Web conferencing applications such as WebEx. Deployed behind the firewall, it provides a single enterprise-wide IM management solution that gives IT visibility into and control over all real-time communications through a single interface.
IMAuditor also maintains an integrated trust relationship with Real-Time Guardian (RTGuardian)and Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM), allowing organizations to easily add security and control over P2P, Skype, spyware and other greynet applications. Together, the three products form FaceTime Enterprise Edition, delivering end-to-end security, management and compliance for real-time communications in the enterprise.
Key capabilities of IMAuditor include:
- Comprehensive Management and Control
- Security
- Compliance Workflow and Archiving
- Extensions and Integration
- Enterprise-Grade Deployment
Comprehensive Management and Control
- Manage file transfer, collaboration, and other client-level activities for all real-time communications services
- Associate employees ID in the corporate directory with IM buddy names
- Support for AOL Identity Services (including Triton) and MSN Connect
- IP-based access controls enforce policies based on endpoint IP addresses
- Real-time usage reports and graphical monitoring of statistics
- Secure, intuitive Web-based access to configuration controls
Security
- Scan transferred files, including LCS file transfers, using existing anti-virus
- Protect real-time communications channels against zero-day worm and virus attacks
- Block SpIM using a combination of patent-pending techniques
- Prevent loss of intellectual property and confidential information
- Backed by FaceTime Security Labs, the world's largest IM security research facility
e-Discovery and Compliance Management
- Log and archive all real-time communications, including WebEx chat text, in tamper-resistant binary form
- File transfer archival support for EIM networks
- Reporting of PIM conversations conducted over EIM clients
- Administer "Chinese Walls" to enforce communication compliance standards between groups
- Web-based access to compliance workflow for reviewing and annotating conversations
- Combine with RTGuardian to deliver the industry's only TrueComplianceTM solution
Enterprise Extensions and Integration
- Leverages existing anti-virus, firewalls and proxies
- Improves reliability and availability of EIM infrastructure
- Integrates with corporate database applications, email compliance and WORM storage systems, archiving, and anti-virus installations
- APIs for exploiting and extending real-time event management capabilities to other applications
Enterprise-Grade Deployment
- Flexible deployment architecture with availability on Windows and Linux
- Compatible with Microsoft Server solutions and Oracle database
- Multiple-language support enables reviewers to see conversation transcripts in native languages
- Co-exists with standard IT infrastructure including load balancers and proxy servers
- Load-balance among redundant/stand-by directory servers, database servers, and corporate proxy servers
Supported Applications:
- Enterprise Instant Messaging: Microsoft LCS, IBM Sametime, Antepo, Jabber, Parlano MindAlign
- Professional Community Networks: Reuters, Bloomberg, Communicator Inc., PivotSolutions
- Web Conferencing: WebEx
- Public Instant Messaging: MSN, AIM, Yahoo, GoogleTalk and more
