Malware such as viruses, worms, Trojans and spyware represent a problem for your SharePoint environment mutually in regards to security and to productivity, causing a major consideration when implementing a collaboration system within your organization. The prospect of loss or compromise to sensitive company information is a real concern, resulting in lost opportunities, potential for litigation, or competitive advantage loss. Productivity losses combine rapidly for staff not capable to execute duties, reduced performance and loss of functionality impact knowledge workers during normal business activities, as IT resources get overextended dealing with incidents with reactive behavior.

Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint (FPSP) offers a pre-emptive line of defense from propagating viruses, worms, and malicious code within the collaboration environment.  FPSP is a server-level antivirus solution that delivers comprehensive protection through their multiple scan engine approach, as well as advanced content-filtering capabilities.  FPSP detects, blocks, filters, and removes viruses  before they reach mission-critical applications  without compromising the integrity of your messaging and collaboration servers.

Employing a layered, multiple scan engine approach, FPSP products help stop the latest threats before they impact business and users. Scanning and management innovations, along with tight SharePoint integration, maximize administrator control and server availability. Content and file filtering technologies guarantee organizations can eliminate unsuitable language and hazardous attachments from internal and external communications.

FSSP benefits include:

• Advanced Protection: Multiple scan engines at multiple layers throughout the e-mail infrastructure provide improved protection against e-mail threats
• Availability and Control: Tight integration with Microsoft Exchange and Windows-based SMTP servers maximizes availability and management control
• Secure Content: Helps organizations eliminate inappropriate language and dangerous attachments from internal and external communications

We also offer Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint (FSSP) consulting services to support previous versions of SharePoint.

Learn how we can spearhead a security implementation to protect your collaboration environment  by receiving a free, no obligation quote by filling out the form below.