LONDON and SAN MATEO, Calif. - June 7, 2007 - ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant of the 'Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2007'1 report.
"We believe our placement in the visionaries quadrant reflects the growing appeal of delivering Web Security-as-a-Service," said Eldar Tuvey, CEO and co-founder, ScanSafe. "As the first company to offer managed Web security services, ScanSafe has a proven track record of ground-breaking innovation that also includes real-time scanning of Web-based threats and the introduction of an early warning system for Internet search threats. We are committed to continued innovation and to make security effortless for businesses of all sizes."
ScanSafe's portfolio of award-winning security services includes Web Malware Scanning, Web Filtering and IM Control. The company's solutions deliver complete security and control over Web and IM traffic by scanning traffic in real-time and blocking malware and unwanted content before it reaches the corporate network.
As fully managed services, ScanSafe solutions require no hardware, upfront capital costs or maintenance and can be deployed in less than one hour. ScanSafe customers typically experience a 30-40 percent decrease in total cost of ownership resulting from increased productivity, reduced bandwidth utilization and by freeing IT staff from the burden of maintenance and remediation of malware-infected PCs.
In early 2007, ScanSafe added SearchAhead, the industry's first corporate safe search service. SearchAhead annotates search results for all users and provides an early warning system for acceptable or unacceptable websites that are based on the customer's Web filtering policy.
To sign up for a free 30-day ScanSafe Web Security Audit, please visit: http://www.scansafe.com/about_us/contact_us/risk_free_evaluation .
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted June 4, 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About ScanSafe
ScanSafe is the largest global provider of Web Security-as-a-Service, ensuring a safe and productive Internet environment for businesses. ScanSafe solutions keep viruses and spyware off corporate networks and allow businesses to control and secure the use of the Web and instant messaging. As a fully managed service, ScanSafe's solutions require no hardware, upfront capital costs or maintenance and provide unparalleled real-time threat protection. Powered by its proactive, multilayered Outbreak Intelligence TM threat detection technology, ScanSafe scans more than 7 billion Web requests and blocks 12 million threats each month for customers in over 30 countries.
Since pioneering the market for Web Security-as-a-Service, ScanSafe continues to deliver innovative Web security solutions, including the introduction of the world's first early warning system which scans and classifies search engine results based on the presence of malware and unwanted content. In addition to being part of its corporate Web security service, the safe search technology is available to consumers as a free service at www.scandoo.com.
With offices in London and San Mateo, California, ScanSafe is privately owned and financed by Benchmark Capital and Scale Venture Partners. The company received a 2007 CODiE award for Best Software as a Service Solution, the Info Security Global Product Excellence Award for Best Managed Security Service and was named one of Red Herring's Top 100 Technology companies. For more information, visit www.scansafe.com.
1. Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2007" by Peter Firstbrook, Lawrence Orans and Arabella Hallawell, June 4, 2006.
