UST Global Selects Symantec's SaaS-Based Email Security

Symantec Corp. has announced US Technology International Pvt. Ltd. (UST Global) has adopted the latest email security services from Symantec based on the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model to mitigate email-borne security threats and preventing bandwidth over-utilisation. With this deployment, UST Global, a provider of IT services and solutions, now has fully functional antivirus, antispam, content filtering and data loss prevention capabilities, delivered through Symantec MessageLabs Email Security.cloud.

The initiative has enabled UST Global to reduce email volume by 40 percent with unwanted email stopped at the cloud. Bandwidth optimisation has improved and there is no downtime for maintenance. UST completed the migration to the SaaS-based service, that now serves more than 10,000 users, within 48 hours, and with just two dedicated resources from the IT team, zero downtime and no email loss. The deployment also includes an industry-leading SLA that covers 100 percent protection against known and unknown viruses and a 99 percent spam capture rate.

“With Fortune 1000 companies as customers, UST Global requires highly available technology to stay ahead, particularly since email is the primary method of communication for the distributed workforce,” said Basil Solomon, CISO, UST Global. “Symantec MessageLabs Email Security.cloud has eased and improved management of IT resources and the success of this deployment has given us confidence in the cloud model.”

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Prior to the deployment, UST Global had an on-premise solution which scanned each email onsite before delivery. This caused a huge overutilisation of Internet bandwidth for spam which was hitting the internal gateways. This solution had the limitation of being dependent on an on-premise appliance and a single technology without a guaranteed service-level agreement (SLA). Further, the IT team was facing difficulties in management with concerns around viruses, spam, scalability and utilisation.

“The cloud model is ideal for UST Global since it simplifies management, reduces costs and guarantees availability and security,” said Jyoti Prakash, Country Sales Manager, India and SAARC, Symantec.Cloud. “Customers want to know their information is secure and protected with a hassle-free and scalable experience. We are able to deliver just that with our advanced email antivirus, antispam, and content filtering capabilities in an easy to manage solution that requires no on-site hardware or software and an industry-leading SLA.”