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Allianz Suisse arms itself against malware
Wed, 01 August 2007
As the main virus scanner, Avira AntiVir protects around a million emails of the Swiss insurer every month.
Tettnang, 01 August 2007 – Insurance is a matter of trust. In this way, Allianz Suisse is also reliably protecting its IT infrastructure. For the protection of around one million incoming and outgoing emails per month, the Swiss subsidiary of the Allianz Group has now implemented a multi-level virus protection system against all types of digital attackers. The new protection concept is based on Avira AntiVir as the first virus scanner and works at different levels of the network with various virus protection solutions. With the new anti-virus concept, the Swiss insurance and financial services provider is replacing anti-virus gateways on Unix.
“For an insurance group, it is simply intolerable if infected emails are sent to policy holders. As the lengthy virus updates of our existing Unix solution were no longer supportable, we promptly looked for easy to integrate virus protection with the best detection rates”, says Robert Spaltenstein, an IT expert at the Allianz Suisse, recalling the initial reason for reorganizing security measures. “After comprehensive trial runs, the results of Avira AntiVir convinced us. Our advantages: since the quick and trouble-free implementation of the security solution, updates have been running fully automatically, the administration required is restricted to looking through the logs and false positives have not occurred so far. In figures, Avira AntiVir has so far intercepted an unbeatable 99.6 per cent of all incoming infected mails.”
The heart of the virus protection precautions of Allianz Suisse is the iQ.Suite of Group Technology AG. Now integrated in the existing Domino servers, the Email Lifecycle Management solution controls all security functions on the mail gateways. Avira AntiVir is the first virus scanner to be integrated in the iQ.Suite with back-up from a second virus scanner. For highest possible protection, a third virus scanner is in use on employees’ workstations.
“The day-to-day business of a financial corporation such as Allianz Suisse depends entirely on trouble-free processing of email communication. Not an easy task with an email volume of 4,000 employees”, says Tjark Auerbach, CEO and founder of Avira GmbH, summing up the new cooperation with Allianz Suisse. “Protective mechanisms that work at many levels ensure that all incoming and outgoing emails are reliably scanned for viruses and operations are uninterrupted at all times – irrespective of the scale.”
About Avira
Avira is a worldwide leading supplier of self-developed security solutions for professional and private use. With more than twenty years of experience, the company is one of the pioneers in this field.
The security expert has several locations in Germany and partnerships in Europe, Asia and America. At its headquarters in Tettnang near Lake Constance, Avira is one of the region’s largest employers with more than 180 employees. Worldwide more than 250 persons are employed and their work regularly wins awards. Avira AntiVir Personal, used by millions of private users, represents a significant contribution to security.
Avira’s national and international customers include renowned corporations listed on the stock exchange but also educational institutions and public authorities. In addition to protection of the virtual environment, Avira also provides for more protection and security in the real world by supporting the Auerbach Foundation. Established by the founder of the company, the Auerbach Foundation promotes charitable and social projects as well as the arts, culture and science.
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Elisabeth Rothbart
LEWIS Global PR
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