iPrism IM ( Instant Messaging ) Filter is the Answer for SPIM protection.

A True Hybrid Solution
St. Bernard’s iPrism IM Filter allows you to make instant messaging available to your employees without incurring risks to productivity or security. iPrism IM Filter monitors and filters Yahoo, MSN or AOL, stops problems before they reach your users, and blocks threats such as SPIM (the Instant Messaging equivalent of spam) worms, Trojans and malware.

iPrism Instant Messaging Filtering gives you the security and control of an on-premises appliance while offering the scalability of an on-demand service. The iPrism appliance monitors all instant messaging traffic on your network, ensuring that no one can circumvent the filter, while the inspection of IM message content – for spam, viruses, and policy violations – takes place at St. Bernard’s data centers to take advantage of the security and scalability they provide.

You can easily deploy and provision iPrism IM Filter from the Central Management Console on your iPrism appliance. Activating the on-demand services is as easy as a few mouse clicks in the console – everything else happens automatically.

Instant Messaging Security is a Growing Concern. The use of instant messaging filtering within corporate environments has continued to grow steadily and many organizations now accept IM as a viable communications tool. In a corporate environment, it can enhance collaboration and real-time communication among employees, partners and customers. However, as with all communication tools, Instant Messages carries inherent threats that you can’t ignore:

Productivity erosion – Employee abuse of Instant Messaging can create productivity problems for even the most vigilant organizations. If you aren’t monitoring and filtering your IM traffic, you cannot know how it is being used.

Sharing Files – The ability to share files via instant messaging raise concerns over data privacy and the loss of intellectual property. Sharing audio or video files can result in a degrading of network performance.

Worms, Trojans and other Malware – Unmanaged instant messaging traffic is the new playground for attacks because IM programs can be publically accessed and are not encrypted. If you aren’t securing your instant messaging traffic, you are leaving your networks open to a variety of threats.

SPIM Protection– The Instant messaging (IM) equivalent of SPAM is SPIM that brings with it the same threats to your network and your employee's time - iPrism IM filter is the solution.