IronPort In order to provide faster and more reliable email delivery, efficient spam screening, and virus protection, CITS is in the process of bringing up a new email-handling architecture to replace our current one. As part of this process, CITS is replacing the Meridius spam quarantine with an IronPort email security and spam quarantine solution. IronPort email security appliances are touted as “the most sophisticated systems available today,” and the new environment will serve to simplify and strengthen UMB’s email delivery mechanisms. The new IronPort interface will provide features comparable to those in Meridius including quarantine notifications by email, a web interface accessible through the URL provided in the email, and user-generated safe and block lists. CITS technical staff members will soon be scheduling meetings with the various school email administrators to provide more details on IronPort and discuss the various options and choices available. CITS will work with each school and organization email administrator to schedule a cutover on a mutually agreed timeframe during the summer and fall months. Anticipated Project Schedule
May – June, 2008: Preparation
Meetings will be held between CITS and school or organization IT staff to engage in detailed discussions of the new email-handling architecture. Pilot tests for various email domains will also be initiated. June – September, 2008: Deployment
Deployment of the IronPort environment will be set up on a staggered schedule mutually agreed upon between email administrators and CITS. October, 2008: Completion
The new IronPort environment will be handling all campus email traffic by the start of October. The Meridius environment will be turned off when the conversion is complete.
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