Aug 16, 2010 Huntsville AL Space & Missiles Defense Conference Espion International, Inc. announced today, the release of their third generation of Espion’s Interceptor™ email security appliance. This G3 version of their system brings a long list of new capabilities and included in that list is a unique feature-set that allows content filtering of email in front of the mail server, i.e. behind the firewall. Previous generations of the Interceptor™ provided content filtering of both inbound as well as outbound email but Espion’s Interceptor™ new 3.0 generation provides for content management of email between individual users. This new feature allows logical groups on individual users to be clustered in to clouds, restricting information flow based on content rules. The Interceptor™ uses Espion’s Probabilistic Reasoning Engine™ (EPRE™), a development which is rooted in artificial intelligence programming techniques. The Interceptor™, using the EPRE™ to examine the textual content of each email coming from and going to a particular user such that the A.I. engine (EPRE™) builds a user-profile, using customer security rules for every user’s email that passes through the Interceptor™. Interceptor™ 3.0 can now be deployed internal to the organization to form logical groups where sensitive or secret discussions over email can be monitored (including attachments) such that only approved senders and approved recipients may communicate and the content is screened for automatic encrypted thus stopping data leakage and enforcing a military concept of “need-to-know”. EPRE technology has already been used for several years for filtering content and managing incoming email traffic based on pre-configured security policies on Interceptor™ which has been proven to be effective, fast and accurate in the elimination of SPAM, viruses, Trojans, malware and other cyber threats contained within the incoming email stream. Now, a third generation of the EPRE is released today that provides plug-n-play box level solution that is easy to install and low in cost yet still providing the sophistication that was previously available only with customer one-off development, this new Interceptor™ offers a COTS (commercial-of-the-shelf) solution for a more refined method for enforcing “need-to-know” policies for the military, prime contractors, and any other organization who need secure communications within the organization. Interceptor™ 3.0 now offers customer programmable enforcement of security policy unique to an organization. For example technical terms, program names and other information may not be emailed to anyone not already on the “authorized” internal or external list of individuals that have a predetermined “need-to-know”. Any attempt to send to restricted content or attachments to unauthorized recipients is blocked, either by redacting the forbidden content and/or stripping off un-authorized attachments or by blocking the email from being sent altogether. Programmable IT security handling policies are easily set to alert the security officer in charge and/or the sender. On the recipient's side, the authorized recipient will receive an encrypted email using a dual key 1024-bit security method that requires no key handling and no special hardware or software by the sender or the recipient. The authorized recipient may reply to the encrypted email with the same level of 1024-bit security but again, content can be managed such that an internal recipient may not receive information from within or the outside that is in violation of the “need-to-know” policies. All email coming in to a particular individual can be made to be reviewed of the Interceptor™ where a “user profile” is created. The user profile will contain the assigned security privileges but goes beyond that to be reviewed by the an assigned “A.I. robot” which monitors every aspect of the email. The Interceptor™ monitors the constructs of the user’s email building a “user fingerprint”, so effective that a stolen email account may be detected by clues in the constructs of the email. For example, the Interceptor™ learns the user’s grammatical usage, syntax, preferred font, use of clause constituents, noun phrases, verb phrases, extending noun phrases, active/passive sentences, linear order and many other writing style signature features that can be used to detect SPOOFING of an email address. This is now a plug-n-play appliance level solution, previously not-so-easily attainable without costly custom security programming. A NATIONAL SECURITY SOLUTION In addition to enforcement of “need-to-know” policies and data leakages internal to an organization, Espion’s EPRE can also be used to detect clues to threats of national security concern. Such techniques are already in used in clandestine government data centers but now a plug-n-play appliance can be deployed locally in offices throughout government agencies and field offices. The deployment to field offices can provide a detection methodology whereby email from dispersant sources may be scanned for clues that would otherwise go undetected. Field offices equipped with Interceptor™ can provide passive screening that collects clues and sends INTEL upstream for further analysis and parsing. For example an foreign agent attempting to avoid detection may use multiple email addresses, send from multiple computers and with fragmented message contents. Interceptor™ can help identify such tricks and alert are sent identifying a series of email messages ad being from a “same-probable-sender”. Another use would be the use corollary logic in identifying code words referring to national asset targets or another use would be to identify individuals which should be considered “subjects-of-Interest”. The Interceptor™ may be set to passively screen for subject matter of national security interest that would otherwise go undetected if only screened by humans. The Interceptor™ can passively screen multiple live email traffic streams detecting threat components where it may be examined further for coded messaging and coded message senders. MORE ON HOW IT WORKS Content filtering is applied to outgoing email, screening content only to trusted recipients that have a pre-authorized need-to-know privilege and other team members where content rules of the email such as the content of an attachment are screened. Persons not on the need-to-know list are not permitted to receive emails violating security content rules. Conversely, senders are only able to send email containing need-to-know controlled content to the pre-authorized need-to-know team member. Security policies also apply to email from foreign sources such that the content of an email may be determined to be adverse to the activity of an individual or an entire organization and all emails from this source may be filtered by redaction or complexly blocked and can be set to trigger the appropriate authorities. In summary, an informational quarantine may be evoked on all email coming into and leaving on group or individual within the email system on ‘user basis”, in effect providing information isolation. ESPION HISTORY Espion International, Inc. is an advanced email security technology company specializing in the use of artificial intelligence for detecting and cancelling cyber security threats to email traffic as well as preventing the loss of digital assets such as trade secrets and other intellectual property. The Espion Interceptor™ is used by hospitals, banks and government agencies to protect secrets by way of data leakage through email systems. Espion International, Inc. was established in 2003 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is one of the very early developers and implementers of artificial intelligence (A.I) based solutions for email gateway security and digital record security. The founders of Espion were originally involved in the business of network security auditing and consulting services. From their vast first-hand accumulated knowledge of customer requirements, the first A.I. based email security appliance product was prototyped. Espion introduced the first commercially available A.I based email appliance for combating email security threats in that first year of operation. The product was given the name Interceptor TM Model 500 which began the Espion Interceptor TM series of email gateway appliances. The Interceptor Model 500 was designed primarily to serve large enterprise mail servers having heavy mail flow issues. Early in 2004 the Interceptor TM Model 1000 was introduced and by late 2004, Espion introduced the Interceptor TM Model 250SMB, an appliance designed to be more affordable by the small and medium sized business (SBS) market while maintaining the same quality of service. In 2005 Espion introduced a revolutionary new product which expanded the Interceptor’s capability to provide 1024-bit encryption of email sent from the existing corporate mail server, named Espion MX Lock™, the new product’s capability could be retro configured in existing customer owned Interceptor TM chassis thus extending the customer’s original investment. MX Lock TM was an immediate and continuing success due to its powerful security features and ease-of-use. MX Lock provides top-notch outbound email encryption and helps organizations meet various compliance requirements. In 2007, the Interceptor i250R was born. The i250R was designed to lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for small businesses thereby allowing them to allocate limited monetary resources to other areas of their businesses. Prices start at $2,995 THE TECHNOLOGY Espion is the creator of the EPR (Espion Probabilistic Reasoning) Engine which represents the state-of-the-art adaptive reasoning otherwise known as artificial intelligence (AI). This unique and proprietary technology allows Espion’s Interceptor™ to learn and uniquely adapt to each user within an organization’s such that each user has an assigned "A.I. Engine for monitoring and protecting the content of email without slowing down over time. The EPRTM Engine has been effectively applied to applications of regulatory compliance in areas such as HIPAA1, GLBA2and SOX3. ESPION TODAY Today Espion is heavily invested in the development of solutions for real-time intelligence gathering of security and business intelligence from multiple streams of live email. Espion has an accomplished record of building very specific and custom in intelligence gathering solutions using off-the-shelf algorithmic developments as well as creation of new algorithms when called for called for but always applying A.I. where a thinking machine can be leveraged. For more information about how Espion can help you solve your cyber security or intelligence gathering requirements, please contact Douglas Sherrod at Espion International, Inc. by calling (225) 215-0061 or emailing him at doug@espionintl.com OR visit www.espionintl.com TERMS 1 HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996). 2 GLBA - Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999). 3 SOX - Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002). Interceptor, MX Lock, MX Mercury and Paladin MX are trademarks of Espion International, Inc. Information contained herein is for informational purposes only. Please consult your IT professional for advice in the application and use of these products and services. 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