OCS Security Solutions

Microsoft OCS security solutions

In June, Microsoft released a public beta version of Forefront Security for OCS. This is the latest in the Forefront family of enterprise security products and allows you to scan for malicious software using multiple engines, and filter instant messages and files by keywords. It also includes automated signature updates and IM notification alerts.
Forefront Security for OCS is integrated with Access Edge role in OCS 2007 Enterprise edition, which secures messages to and from external public IM clients and federated networks as well as internal communications.

Third party security add-ons
Third party security products designed to protect OCS 2007 include:
FaceTime for OCS– They have been one of the first vendors to provide this together with Microsoft.
TrendMicro for OCS – Version 1.5 is now in beta and expected to be available Q3, 2008. You can download a beta version to test with from the trendbeta portal.

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