SymantecTM Mail Security 8300 Series Appliances Version 5.0
Symantec Corporation
20330 Stevens Creek Boulevard,
Cupertino, CA
United States 95014-2132
Telephone: 408-517-8000
Fax: 408-517-8186
The SymantecTM Mail Security 8300 Series Appliances Version 5.0 (hereafter referred to as SMS 8300) was the subject of a Common Criteria evaluation performed by the Common Criteria Evaluation Facility at EWA-Canada, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The evaluation was completed on 1 September 2007.
The evaluation of the SMS 8300 determined that this Information Technology (IT) product can be trusted, to an assurance level of EAL 2, to conform to the requirements of the associated security target.
The SMS 8300 provides high-performance, integrated mail protection against virus threats, spam, and other unwanted content at the earliest point of network entry, the Internet (SMTP) gateway. As mail flows into mail servers, the SMS 8300 analyzes and filters mail using a variety of techniques, incorporating up-to-the-minute filters from Symantec Security Response. Along with standard techniques such as heuristics and pattern matching, the SMS 8300 incorporates proprietary filtering methods such as advanced signature technologies and reputation-based source filters. Filters are continuously and automatically refreshed by Symantec Security Response to combat the latest spam and other email threats, and administrators can set up centralized policies to perform a variety of actions based on the verdict assigned to each message.
The scope of this evaluation is defined by the security target, which identifies assumptions made during the evaluation, the intended environment for the SMS 8300, the IT security requirements to be met, and the level of confidence (evaluation assurance level) to which it is asserted that the SMS 8300 satisfies its IT security requirements.
Consumers are advised to carefully review the certification report to gain an nderstanding of the security functionality, the evaluated configuration, and the intended operating environment for the SMS 8300.
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