Messageware Now Delivering Enhanced Security for Microsoft Forefront TMG & UAG Customers

TORONTO - Sept. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- Toronto, Canada – Messageware, (http://www.messageware.com), the world's leading provider of enterprise security, productivity and customization solutions for Microsoft Office Outlook Web App (OWA), today announced that its pioneering OWA Guard 2.0 security and monitoring solution is now providing increased OWA security for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway and Unified Access Gateway (Forefront TMG and UAG) customers.

Messageware OWA Guard 2.0 adds additional layers of security for organizations with Microsoft Exchange OWA deployed for external email access. OWA Guard enhances the OWA logon with fully customizable policies, a context-aware dynamic CAPTCHA challenge and automatically updated IP filtering and blocking.  Combined with powerful back end reporting to help protect against corporate security breaches, security professionals can now track and record OWA-user logon activity, receive alerts and easily identify suspicious behavior.

The new OWA Guard add-on modules integrate seamlessly with TMG and UAG to give organizations using Forefront perimeter security a holistic view of both successful and unsuccessful user sign-on activity. OWA Guard’s powerful analytics, alerts, notifications and reporting together with Microsoft’s advanced Forefront Security provide organizations with a powerful step forward in securing and analyzing their Internet-facing OWA infrastructure.

“Successful OWA-directed attacks are becoming more and more common,” said Mark Rotman, President & CEO of Messageware. “It’s important for organizations that have deployed OWA to continuously monitor, analyze and improve their security, ensuring that access is controlled and corporate data remains protected.”

Just last month, the Washington Post acknowledged that one of their reporters fell victim to a phishing scam that spoofed their internal OWA portal. The reporter’s hacked OWA email account was then used to attempt to penetrate further into the organization. This incident and others highlight the need for greater vigilance for security conscious organizations using OWA.

Messageware OWA Guard 2.0 and OWA Guard TMG and UAG Modules are available immediately. For more information, visit http://www.messageware.com/owaguard/.

About Messageware
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Messageware develops and markets solutions that secure, enhance and customize Outlook Web App. A trusted Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Global Exchange ISV for over 15 years, their applications provide companies of all sizes the ability to deploy OWA with confidence. Messageware products give organizations a greater return on their Microsoft Exchange investment, delivering solutions for over 2,500 enterprises and five million users worldwide. Customers include SMB through Fortune 500 companies in industries such as government, healthcare, banking, education, finance, professional and legal services. For more information, visit www.messageware.com.

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