Emerging Threats to Network Security – IM Spyware and Spim
As the popularity of instant messaging increases in the workplace, the threat of IM spyware is rapidly increasing in unprotected environments. While most organizations actively work to protect their network from email spam, many companies are doing nothing to prevent the spread of malicious IM spyware, across public IM clients, like AIM®, Yahoo!® and MSN® Messenger.
Recent studies predict that as email spam-filters become more advanced and more prevalent, bot-herders will increasingly turn to instant messaging as their preferred mode of malware transfer. IM spyware, spim, and other network security risks are easily transmissible across public IM networks, forcing companies to block instant messaging internally and externally.
Presensoft products are designed to enable your company to safely and securely harness the productive and financial benefits of instant messaging, without the risks associated with IM spyware, spim, identity theft, viruses, and trojans. Creating a business-use only IM policy at your organization with Presensoft gives your employees the power to communicate in real-time with colleagues, customers, and contacts, while blocking unauthorized users and reducing IM spyware.
Block IM Spyware Viruses, Spim, and Inappropriate Web Content
Presensoft IM Policy Manager reduces network security risks and IM spyware for B2B, B2C, and all business communications.
- Embedded Web Links
Blocking embedded web links dramatically reduces the risk of IM spyware, viruses, worms and spim from entering your network. Guarding against infected, embedded web links will extend IM spyware protection to anyone who communicates with your employees.
- Unauthorized Attachments
Restricting document attachments protects your entire network from viruses and IM spyware that could be introduced by a single employee. Ensure that any file transfer is done using our Secure File Transfer technology which encrypts documents over IM with our 448-bit rolling salt, blowfish encryption.
- Spim
Blocking spim at its source reduces the number of unsolicited connections received across IM, to decrease the spread of unwanted or harmful messages and IM spyware.
- Prevent Sensitive Data Sharing
Employers can selectively choose to block the use of certain content based on in appropriate keywords, or regular expressions such as social security numbers and credit cards.
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