Global Leader Streamlines Management of Web Security for Clothing Manufacturer
LONDON and SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 27, 2006 -- ScanSafe, the worldwide leader in managed Web security, today announced that Paul Davril, Inc., a leading clothing manufacturer for brands such as Kenneth Cole and Ecko Red, has chosen ScanSafe's Web Scanning service to protect its network from the threat of Web viruses and malware. With ScanSafe's service in place, Paul Davril has been able to secure its nation-wide network while more efficiently utilizing its bandwidth and IT resources.
"ScanSafe's managed services solution was attractive from the outset because it didn't require our own resources to install and manage equipment and software across both our New York and Los Angeles offices," stated Robert Praul, a project manager for Paul Davril. "Prior to selecting ScanSafe, we were seeing an average of 400 incidents of spyware and adware per week. Since our deployment, all of our users are secure and it's been nothing short of a miracle to be able to reallocate more than 30 extra hours of IT resources per week to other activities."
Paul Davril is an innovative full-service supplier to retail of all apparel classifications, leading the way over the last 30 years with its strength in merchandising capabilities and overseas procurement resources. Currently, PDI operates offices located on three continents and has more than 500 employees in these various locations. It owns the domestic license rights to Kenneth Cole sportswear, Ecko Red womenswear and maintains a robust private label business as well.
By using ScanSafe, Paul Davril was able to provide blanket protection for all of its users without having to purchase or manage multiple appliances or software licenses for multiple locations. More importantly, Paul Davril's IT staff doesn't have to spend resources individually dealing with spyware and adware related incidents--in this case an average of 400 per week.
ScanSafe's service features Outbreak Intelligence™ heuristics, which leverage ScanSafe's position in the cloud and process more than three billion Web requests monthly to identify and stop Web viruses.
ScanSafe's services actually scan content to block viruses and malware in real time, as opposed to simplistic URL filtering, which relies on static URL databases that are only updated once problems have been identified. Also, unlike signature-based anti-virus software, ScanSafe can dynamically identify threats based on unusual traffic features. This is ideal for an organization like Paul Davril, which was searching for a cost-effective solution in order to avoid having to address each spyware issue one device at a time, which was consuming valuable resources.
"ScanSafe was able to offer Paul Davril a 'clean pipe' that made better use of its network's bandwidth," said Dan Nadir, ScanSafe's vice president of product strategy. "With risk minimized, user sessions are no longer disrupted, which enables Paul Davril to provide its employees with a greater quality of service."
An additional benefit of the service is ScanSafe's advanced reporting capabilities. The ScanCenter allows Paul Davril to review statistics of all viruses captured and provides automated reports on overall traffic, bandwidth, blocked URLs and Web viruses blocked. It also offers other customizable reports that can be generated daily to provide information on specific areas of interest, such as top 10 sites by virus activity.
About ScanSafe
ScanSafe pioneered managed Web security and is the market leader, currently processing more than three billion Web requests each month. Operating at the Internet rather than at the server or desktop level, ScanSafe provides fully managed Web virus protection and Web usage policy enforcement. ScanSafe's services actually block viruses and malware in real time before they reach the enterprise network by utilizing both heuristic and signature-based technology. This level of protection goes far beyond simplistic URL filtering, which can't scan content and instead relies on static URL databases that are only updated once problems have been identified.
Best-of-breed protection is guaranteed by ScanSafe's multi-tier model that combines the power of industry-leading virus engines and categorizers with proprietary heuristics engine Outbreak Intelligence™ to eliminate threats before they reach customer networks.
ScanSafe services enterprise customers and SMEs through its extensive network of channel partners and service providers. The company's primary financier is Benchmark Capital, the leading global venture capital firm.
