Cloudmark Announces Mobile Messaging Security Solution

Cloudmark, Inc., the carrier-grade messaging security provider, has announced the launch of the Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Solution, a security offering which encompasses a global reporting and analysis component, as well as an automated, active messaging filtering solution. In conjunction with the launch of the new solution, the company has also launched its 2011 Mobile Spam Guide, a definitive toolkit designed to help the wider ecosystem address the growing problem of mobile spam.

The Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Solution is a high-performance, carrier-grade messaging security solution that will enable operators to combat ever-evolving messaging threats with advanced mobile anti-virus, subscriber behaviour analysis and subscriber preference capabilities. The new solution allows mobile operators to rapidly create customised scenarios which best suit the needs of their individual network and subscriber base, while also protecting against annoying and malicious spam activity.

The security solution prevents viruses, malware and malicious code from reaching handsets, identifying infected handsets and helping operators to remediate. It protects subscribers from financial fraud with real-time intelligence on ‘bad’ senders and links. It also prevents spam and other unwanted/abusive content from reaching subscribers and engaging them with a spam reporting channel and enforces per-subscriber blacklists and whitelists.

“Mobile spam, fraud and malware have become a real problem for operators and subscribers alike over the last twelve months. The high returns available in the mobile channel have attracted attacks from traditional email spammers, who bring with them 10 years’ experience in avoiding detection in the fixed-line world. Regulation has had some effect on curtailing messaging abuse; however the global mobile community needs to collaborate to prevent these mobile messaging attacks from becoming as prominent as similar attacks in email,” said Alan Ranger, Vice President of Mobile Marketing at Cloudmark.