Security and integrity with ease of administration
Qwest's Secure Managed E-mail Service (SMEMS) enables your Agency to centralize inbound and outbound e-mail protection policies. That means your Agency will enjoy ease of administration, as well as the ability to meet legal and regulatory requirements on e-mail retention and security/privacy (via a patented pass-through process, not store-and-forward). With Qwest's SMEMS, your Agency can leverage the cost effectiveness of the Internet, while also meeting the federal government's expectations for confidentiality, integrity and availability of e-mail services.

Features
Qwest's SMEMS provides an extensive list of features, including but not limited to the following:

• Powerful inbound and outbound spam filtering
• Delivery management
• Multilayer antivirus protection is coupled with patented technology to protect your Agency's e-mail system from the initial outbreak of a virus until an antiviral signature is available
• Disaster recovery service
• Event-based alerts
• Real-time monitoring and reporting
• Content filtering
• Attachment filtering

Benefits

• Qwest's SMEMS helps mitigate spam, phishing, virus and malware propagation, directory harvest attacks and other e-mail-borne threats
• Your Agency has granular control of its e-mail policies across multiple e-mail domains
• Management console (accessible through the Qwest Control Networx Portal) enables real-time reporting and policy control of e-mail from multiple locations
• Supports your Agency's compliance with Federal Enterprise Architecture requirements for "Improved Utilization of Government Information Resources", "Enhancement of Cost Savings and Cost Avoidance," and "Increased Cross-Agency and Inter-Government Collaboration"
• Supports your Agency's compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)