A recent SANS Institute survey lists instant messaging and peer-to-peer networking as two of this year’s Top 10 vulnerabilities for Windows users. As the worldwide leader in enterprise IM management and security, IMlogic protects over 400 enterprise customers, dramatically minimizing their exposure to security threats posed by IM use for business while helping them learn to embrace and maximize IM’s benefits. With customers deployed across five continents using IM for business-critical real-time communications, IMlogic is taking the leading role in addressing IM and P2P threats and is proactively protecting the Internet community, including more than 300 million IM users, through its IMlogic Threat Center.

The IMlogic Threat Center is the first global operation center, threat management and alerting service to provide:

• Comprehensive knowledge-base of IM/P2P viruses and worms built with leading internet security and IM vendors;
• Free alerts and notifications via e-mail and IM of new and emerging IM and P2P threats for all subscribers;
• Rapid response and guidance for protection against IM and P2P threats for both enterprises and consumers;
• Protection against Spam over IM ("SPIM") and known hacker vulnerabilities in the IM clients, servers and networks;
• Broad partner collaboration between IMlogic security analysts, industry-wide Internet security response teams and the global IM providers.

The IMlogic Threat Center is freely available and open to members of the Internet community that need to access real-time information on IM and P2P threats. Individuals that wish to subscribe to 24x7 alerts via notification may register online at the Request Threat Alerts page.

Internet security leaders partner with IMlogic to combat IM and P2P threats for enterprises and consumers

By partnering with security industry leaders such as McAfee and Sybari, IMlogic formed the IM industry’s first worldwide forum dedicated to delivering the latest and most comprehensive information about viruses and security threats captured through internal, partner and public submissions. In addition to the strength of each partner organization’s threat response teams, IMlogic has dedicated staff and analysts around the world to perform IM and P2P risk assessment, threat management and proactive response, identifying vulnerabilities and sharing information globally to protect enterprises and consumers.

"As with e-mail before it, instant messaging gives hackers new opportunities to wreak havoc on corporate infrastructures," said Todd Gebhart, senior vice president of sales at McAfee®, Inc. "IMlogic’s solid perimeter IM security, integration with McAfee anti-virus technology and the around-the-clock alerts and expertise delivered through the IMlogic Threat Center help enterprises wall out the latest IM threats."

Tom Buoniello, vice president of product management at Sybari Software said, "An increasing number of employees are using IM in the workplace and often without the IT department’s knowledge or control. Companies are quickly realizing that although IM offers increased productivity and communication, it also increases security risks and requires specific protection and management capabilities. Sybari and IMlogic are working together to provide the solutions needed to keep corporate networks safe from the growing number of viruses, unwanted content (SPIM) and other security risks posed by IM without damaging the productivity it offers."

IMlogic and global instant messaging networks collaborate to detect and prevent widespread IM-borne threats

In conjunction with the IMlogic Threat Center, IMlogic and its global IM network partners are collaborating to detect and combat emerging threats across the global IM community. Building on longstanding relationships with industry leaders such as AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo, the IMlogic Threat Center will work to monitor and detect threats on the global IM services and enterprise IM systems.

"With one of the most widely used IM networks in the world, America Online takes matters of security very seriously," said Brian Curry, Senior Director, AIM Network Services, America Online, Inc. "We applaud IMlogic for its continued efforts to provide value-added security and management services to AIM users through our certified partnership."

Gurdeep Pall, general manager, Microsoft Real-Time Collaboration, said, "With Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft offers our customers a secure enterprise instant messaging solution. Many of our customers are looking forward to connecting their Live Communications Server 2005 networks to the public instant messaging networks: MSN, AOL and Yahoo, in 2005. The IMlogic Threat Center is a great example of the collective industry commitment and partnership to ensuring that our enterprise customers’ instant messaging and collaboration networks are safe, secure and reliable."

"Providing a safe online experience is a top priority for Yahoo! and we continue to support industry efforts that will increase protection for our users across online communication services," said Frazier Miller, director of product management, Yahoo! Messenger. "Through our support of IMlogic’s initiative, we are building upon our preventative measures to safeguard Yahoo! Messenger users, and we will continue to bolster the protection we provide in our service as well as encourage future industry efforts."

"Instant Messaging is a global communications medium and increasingly is becoming a target for viruses, worms, and blended-threats," said IMlogic CEO Francis deSouza. "Through partnerships with Internet security companies such as McAfee and Sybari, and the participation of global IM leaders such as AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo, we are leading the industry to protect enterprises and consumers from emerging IM and P2P threats."

About IMlogic, Inc.
IMlogic, Inc., headquartered in Waltham, Mass., is a pioneer in delivering enterprise-class infrastructure software that enables companies to control and leverage the use of instant messaging (IM), the world’s fastest growing communications medium. IMlogic’s strategic vision provides organizations a comprehensive approach for incorporating IM capabilities in business-critical communications and applications. The company’s first offering, IMlogic IM Manager, lets enterprises secure, control and report on IM usage, while satisfying regulatory and compliance requirements set by HR and government agencies (SEC, HIPAA). IMlogic is backed by leading venture capital firms Venrock Associates, General Catalyst Partners, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Goldman Sachs. For more information on IMlogic visit http://www.imlogic.com/