Profile: CommTouch Software Ltd. (CTCH.O)

Commtouch Software Ltd. (Commtouch), incorporated on February 5, 1991, is an e-mail and Web defense technology provider. The Company is a provider of messaging and Web security technology to approximately 100 security companies and service providers, including 3Com, Check Point, F-Secure, Openwave, Panda Security, Mirapoint, Sendmail, Tumbleweed, and WatchGuard, for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s technologies include Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD) and GlobalView.

Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, protecting e-mail infrastructures and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The Commtouch services include Anti-Spam, Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection, GlobalView Mail Reputation Services, GlobalView Zombie Intelligence and GlobalView URL Filtering, all of which provide information for each other in a self-learning feedback loop that learns locally, as well as globally.

Anti-Spam SDK is an anti-spam technology, which blocks spam and phishing attempts in the first moments of an outbreak. Its language- and content-agnostic protects against all varieties of image-based spam. Zero Hour Virus Protection SDK is the pro-active virus protection technology, complementing traditional anti-virus (AV) solutions by blocking new virus and malware attacks the moment they are distributed on the Internet. GlobalView Mail Reputation Service SDK improve performance and detection levels with on-session perimeter blocking, which distinguishes in real-time between legitimate corporate senders, valid publishers, zombies and spammers/ malware distributors. GlobalView URL Filtering SDK provides safe Web browsing to enhance compliance, productivity and security through Data Cloud technology.