Network Box Begins Beta Testing Distinctive, Innovative New Relationship Management...

Network Box Begins Beta Testing Distinctive, Innovative New Relationship Management Technology to Combat Email Spam

Technology Will Augment Traditional Anti-Spam Filter Analysis by
Analyzing and Learning from Both Sender and Recipient Behavior
HOUSTON--(Business Wire)--
Network Box Corp., a worldwide managed security company, has begun
beta testing of a new, different kind of relationship management
technology to combat Internet spam, according to its American arm,
Network Box USA, Inc. (www.networkboxusa.com).

"During preliminary testing, we're catching virtually 100 percent
of the spam without any false positives," says Pierluigi Stella, CTO
of Network Box USA. "This is unheard of in the industry. Typically,
when you approach 98 percent accuracy, you start having an annoying
amount of false positives, and this is not happening with our new
technology."

The innovative Network Box approach will offer customers
significant improvements over any existing spam detection technology
by not just analyzing the content and IP addresses, but also learning
from user email behavior and relationships to better understand which
emails are welcome and which are unsolicited spam.

Currently, spam protection has been applied using three main
methods: message content analysis; sender's reputation; and challenge
response, where email senders need to prove to the recipient who they
are. Anti-spam systems today rarely reach more than 95-98 percent
accuracy, which - considering the huge volume of email sent - still
lets through a significant amount of spam, says Stella.

The new Network Box technology is based on the relationship
management concept but greatly improves on it by considering not only
the sender, recipient and IP address relationship - as does the
traditional technology. Instead, it analyzes and learns from the
behavior of both the sender and the recipient, and it constantly
learns from users' behaviors.

"Spam is an ever-changing target and not well-defined," adds
Stella. "The traditional way of catching spam is to analyze what
spammers are sending and create appropriate signatures; this means
spammers always have an edge. Although Network Box still uses
signatures for final determination, our new technology is resilient to
changes in spammers' approaches. We now have the edge and no longer
have to chase new spam signatures. It is the spammers who need to
change their ways."

Comments Tim Clark, senior analyst and partner at the Silicon
Valley market research firm The FactPoint Group (www.factpoint.com):
"Spam is more than a nuisance for businesses; it potentially opens the
door to outside attacks on a company through spam affected with
viruses, trojans and other malware. Any new technology that diverts
the flood of unwanted emails not only improves productivity of
employees but helps gird an enterprise against outside attackers."

Network Box's new relationship management technology is poised to
benefit all types of businesses and organizations - from banks and
credit unions to insurance companies, educational institutions, and
government entities.

About Network Box USA

Network Box USA, Inc. (www.networkboxusa.com), the American arm of
Network Box Corp., was formed in response to the escalating danger
posed by security breaches, virus attacks and similar threats arising
from widespread use of the Internet. Its mission is to provide
enterprises of all sizes with a cutting-edge computer network security
solution that is effective yet affordable. The company's flagship
product, the Network Box appliance, has won numerous awards for
excellence and is now in the forefront of UTM (unified threat
management), the next generation of firewall technology. Among Network
Box USA's customers, the product has been especially embraced by
banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions. Network Box
USA is headquartered at 2825 Wilcrest, Suite 259, Houston, Texas
77042; telephone 832-242-5758 or (toll free) 888-315-8886; fax:
713-933-0290; email info@networkboxusa.com.

Leavitt Communications
Neal Leavitt
760-639-2900 or 760-212-9112
neal@leavcom.com

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