Best Email Security Products

[GOLD]
Sophos Email Security and Data Protection
Sophos

Sophos Email Security earned top grades across the board, with users giving it high marks where it counted most, detecting and blocking spam, phishing, viruses and spyware. Available as software or an appliance, the product is now bundled with email encryption. Readers also praised its ease of use and integration with messaging applications.

[SILVER]
IronPort appliances
Cisco Systems

Cisco's line of IronPort appliances was a strong contender. Long a leader in enterprise email security, IronPort particularly impressed readers with its integration qualities. The C-series and high-end X-series appliances also performed exceptionally in antispam and threat detection, and was very well regarded in every evaluation criteria in this category.

[BRONZE]
Websense Email Security
Websense

Finishing third in this competitive category is no mean feat, as Websense Email Security earned high marks across the board, with no discernable weak points in readers' judgments. As with the other two email security winners, Websense's product impressed with its ability to block spam and phishing attacks and detect email-borne viruses and spyware.

[TRENDS]
"Both enterprises and SMBs are turning to hosted email security services. Thus far, SMBs more than enterprises, but there is definitely a growing interest in enterprises to outsource email security. In terms of products, still anti-spam is of the greatest demand. For enterprises, we see more demand for deep content filtering and DLP functionality." -- Chenxi Wang, principal analyst, Forrester research

2009 READERS' CHOICE AWARDS

  Introduction and Methodology
  Best Antimalware Products
  Best Application Security Products
  Best Authentication Products
  Best Data Loss Prevention Products
  Best Email Security Products
  Best Identity and Access Management Products
  Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Products
  Best Mobile Data Security Products
  Best Network Access Control Products
  Best Network Firewalls
  Best Risk and Policy Management Products
  Best Secure Remote Access Products
  Best Security Information and Event Management Products
  Best Unified Threat Management Products
  Best Vulnerability Management Products
  Best Web Security Gateway Products
  Best Wireless Security Products