MailGate SC vs. Symantec Messaging Gateway

MailGate is well suited for organizations that have sensitive information with the need to securely transport via email, it is less appropriate for larger organizations as the overhead for administrators becomes more complex

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It is very well suited for an organization that wants to protect inbound email and use just one product. It may be less appropriate for an organization that is small or has a limited IT support staff.

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• Ability to alert a variety of statuses to administrators via email
• Shows health status of the appliance to ensure proper functionality

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• Prevents SPAM attacks.
• Filters email based on content.
• Blocks phishing links.
• Blocks ransomware links/attacks.

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• External storage configuration is complex to set up
• Customer support is average, can be slow depending on the type of issue or request

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• The web interface can be difficult at times.

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MailGate works well with administrative control and ease of use for setting up TLS connectivity between clients

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Without mentioning some of the other products by name, I can tell you that Symantec Messaging Gateway is one of the best.

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• MailGate has allowed the organization to accept more clients with their knowledge of our ability to securely send emails

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• It would be difficult to determine the exact ROI Symantec Messaging Gateway had on your overall business. However, I can assure you the downtime suffered due to inbound email threats has been reduced to nearly zero in our environment. If IT isn't chasing down ransomware/phishing issues and users aren't staring at a quarantined PC, life is good.
• There are no negative impacts on ROI that I can think of.

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