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Stan Beer
Wednesday, 07 December 2005 16:22
Email security provider MessageLabs has been selected by Bank of Queensland to secure its email infrastructure.
Under the deal MessageLabs will provide managed anti-virus and anti-spam services at the Internet level for the bank's 1,500 email users in Australia.
The services form the first line of defence in Bank of Queensland's multi-layered approach to security, which sit at the internet level outside the corporate network and raises network utilisation levels through reduced email volumes and less demand on internet bandwidth, according to the bank
Bank of Queensland head of technology Nick Young said the bank couldn't rely solely on traditional methods of protection anymore.
'Traditional methods of protection are often only effective once a threat is known and by that time the damage may already have been done,' Mr Young said.
'We wanted a more proactive approach to protect us, and believe a way to do this is to keep our first line of defence for email security outside of the corporate network.'
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