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Email Privacy Protection
With increasing requirements to protect privacy and confidential customer information, organizations are turning to secure messaging to gain efficiency while respecting the need for secure communication.
InfoSight's repertoire of secure messaging solutions includes Email Privacy Protector - the only enterprise security system that transparently monitors and blocks the unauthorized distribution of confidential information. It forms a comprehensive, network security framework for preventing deliberate and accidental information leaks.
As part of a comprehensive content filtering solution, Email Privacy Protection protects your confidential information by: continuously screening electronic communication channels for sensitive information (confidential documents, social security numbers, credit card numbers, account numbers, etc.), analyzing potential violations with sophisticated algorithms to reduce false positives, and enforcing configurable distribution policies to conform to compliance regulations and company standards. Email Privacy Protection also provides a detailed audit trail to prove that information has been properly disclosed.
Of course, the best way to protect the privacy of your emails as they travel over the wires of the Internet is to use encryption.
Benefits of Email Privacy:
- Increase customer confidence
- Protect customer account, identity and health information
- Keep information safe from outsiders including: intellectual property, strategy, pricing, launch schedules, blue prints, etc.
- Keep information safe from insiders including: reorganizations, staff reductions, plant closures, acquisitions & mergers, personnel actions, etc.
Complementary Services
Data Loss Prevention
Email Encryption
IT Risk Management
What is
Email Privacy Protection?
The protection of electronic mail from unauthorized access and inspection is known as electronic privacy. Because email connects through many routers and mail servers on its way to the recipient, it is inherently vulnerable to both physical and virtual eavesdropping. Current industry standards do not place emphasis on security; information is transferred in plain text, and mail servers regularly conduct unprotected backups of email that passes through. In effect, every email leaves a digital paper trail in its wake that can be easily inspected months or years later. The email can be read by any hacker who gains access to an inadequately protected router. Even with other security precautions in place, recipients can compromise email privacy by indiscriminate forwarding of email. This can reveal contact information (like email addresses, full names, and phone numbers), internal use only information (like building locations, corporate structure, and extension numbers), and confidential information (trade secrets and planning). Businesses are increasingly relying on electronic mail to correspond with clients and colleagues. As more sensitive information is transferred online, the need for email privacy becomes more pressing.
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