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Overview:
Sophos Email Appliances, part of Sophos Email Security
and Data Protection, secure the mail gateway from spam,
phishing, viruses, spyware and other malware, and employ
content filtering and encryption to prevent the loss
of confidential or sensitive information via email.
Built on an intelligent managed appliance platform,
powered by SophosLabs proactive protection and backed
by Sophos’s unrivaled 24/7 support, Sophos Email Appliances
deliver complete gateway security with less effort and
greater peace of mind.
Benefits & Features
- Blocks more than 99 percent of spam at the email
gateway*
- Provides industry-leading protection against
viruses, spyware, and Trojans in both inbound and
outbound email
- Enforces acceptable email use and prevents information
leakage with easily configurable inbound and outbound
policies
- Updates automatically every few minutes with
the latest protection from SophosLabs, a global
network of threat analysis centres
- Provides at-a-glance views of system performance
via a webbased dashboard
- Simplifies administration via a “three-clicks-to-anywhere”
management console
- Includes remote “heartbeat” monitoring and on-demand
remote assistance
- Includes TLS encryption for enhanced security
Integrates easily with a range of LDAP services
- Eliminates the need for additional storage,
with a large onboard message quarantine
- Reduces help desk administration, through end‑to‑end
message tracking
- Ensures maximum availability with built-in diagnostics
and system redundancy
- Provides on-demand remote assistance via reverse-tunnel
SSH connection
- Includes 24x7x365 support for the duration of
the licence and Sophos can be contacted for one-to-one
assistance at any time
* West Coast Labs, March 2008
Proactive protection against spam, malware, phishing
and other email-borne threats
- Sender Genotype protects against known and unknown
spam sources, effectively eliminating up to 90 percent
of spam before scanning.
- Behavioral Genotype Protection provides unique
built-in intrusion prevention technology for the
gateway. It detects new threats before code even
begins to execute, proactively protecting against
zero-day malware.
- A range of anti-spam techniques including obfuscation
detection, URL tracking, heuristics, and content
fingerprinting eliminates more than 99 percent of
spam.
- A comprehensive real-time system protects against
the latest spam campaigns with Sophos SXL technology.
Simple, effective data protection
- Sophos Email Appliances scan outbound messages
for sensitive keywords, expressions and attached
file types to prevent data leakage.
- SPX encryption provides a truly unique solution
to the issue of affordable, simple, but highly effective
email encryption, providing a clean end-user experience
with zero client requirements. Sophos Email Appliances
also support TLS encryption and integrate easily
with the SafeGuard MailGateway or any other third-party
gateway encryption solution.
Managed Appliances: the future of email administration
- Sophos Email Appliances efficiently remove or
automate most regular maintenance tasks, freeing
time and resources.
- Remote “heartbeat” monitoring by the Sophos
Network Operations Centre ensures that every Sophos
Email Appliance is online and up-to-date, keeping
the gateway safe from zero-day attacks.
- Exception-driven alerting and automatic capacity
optimisation combine to deliver dependable and hassle-free
gateway security.
- On-demand remote assistance available 24/7 enables
quicker, more reliable support.
ES5000 (ES8000 is identical) and
ES1000: fully integrated email gateway protection from
Sophos
Time-saving management console
- A web-based console and powerful dashboard allow
easy system navigation and reduce administrative
effort, while allowing more effective and strategic
management of the email gateway.
- Wizard-based policy configuration for inbound
and outbound email keeps unwanted content out, and
private content in.
- End-to-end message forensics enable message
logs and the quarantine to be searched, saving time
spent tracking lost, misplaced or dropped emails.
- One-click clustering means that up to 10 appliances
can be managed from a single console.
System availability
- Automatic quarantine and log backups ensure
onboard storage capacity.
- Includes onboard redundant hard disks and power
supply (not ES1000).
- Provides 2-unit failover capability (active/passive).
- Email processing, reporting, FTP configuration
back-up, directory services synchronization and
end-user quarantines will continue normally even
if a clustered appliance fails.
Industry-leading expertise 24x7
- SophosLabs™, our global network of threat analysis
centers, provides a rapid response to emerging and
evolving threats, while our highly acclaimed customer
support operates 24x7.
Languages supported
- End-user interface and email digest: English,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Traditional
Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Swedish.
- Management console: English.
Technical Specifications:
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ES1000 |
ES5000 |
ES8000 |
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Message capacity |
up to 50,000
per hour |
up to 380,000
per hour |
up to 550,000
per hour |
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Hardware |
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Processor |
Single
core |
Quad core |
Quad core |
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Hard drive |
160 GB
SATA |
2 hot-swap
160 GB SAS (RAID 1) |
2 hot-swap
300 GB SAS (RAID 1) |
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Power supply |
260W 100-240V
AC |
2 hot-swap
920W 100-240V AC |
2 hot-swap
920W 100-240V AC |
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Mounting |
1U rack-mountable |
1U rack-mountable |
1U rack-mountable |
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Dimensions |
16.8 x
1.7 x 14.0 in
(427 x 43 x 356 mm) |
17.0 x
1.7 x 25.6 in
(432 x 43 x 650 mm) |
17.0 x
1.7 x 25.6 in
(432 x 43 x 650 mm) |
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Weight |
26lbs/11.8
kg |
45 lbs/20.5
kg |
45 lbs/20.5
kg |
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Regulatory/safety certifications |
UL 60950,
CE, FCC PART 15, VCCI, C-TICK, TUV-GS, SABS,
RoHS, WEEE |
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Support |
- Up to 3-year advance-replacement hardware
warranty (subject to valid software licensing)
- 24/7 support
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