With the increasing frequency of rapidly spreading, destructive viruses such as Melissa and Nimda, the need for enterprise-wide virus protection has become a basic business requirement. More than just an IT concern, it's an issue that has risen to the boardroom level. To be protected, it's no longer sufficient to have security only at the firewall and e-mail gateway. Complete virus protection requires additional protection at the desktop and file server in order to ensure system uptime and user productivity.

Lava Networks takes virus security seriously. That's why we protect our clients using a 3-tier protection system. Lava Networks utilizes the best features of Symantec™ Norton Anti-Virus Corporate Edition and your protection is updated daily using Symantec™ Live Update.

Tier 1 - Your internet connection is protected at the firewall, monitoring all internet traffic and stopping viruses before they ever enter the network. This not only protects your users but the overall health of the network. All incoming e-mail is subjected to virus scanning before it reaches the mail servers.

Tier 2 - We maintain our Servers with Norton Anti-Virus™ Corporate Edition. Files are scanned in realtime as they are created or changed. This means up-to-the-second security.

Tier 3 - Some viruses come in through the user's workstation, usually through an infected floppy disk. At Lava Networks, workstations and laptops are kept up to date and scan disks before they are allowed to be used on the network.

When the Nimda virus made its rounds last September, not a single Lava Networks user was infected. Our servers have been virus-free since the day we opened.