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Encrypted E-mail Security
Businesses Improve Security Practices with Encrypted E-mail
Content filters on IronPort C-Series appliances identify messages to be encrypted, based on compliance and business considerations. Once encrypted, IronPort PXE messages continue through the mail pipeline for DKIM signing and delivery.
E-mail security of growing concern for businesses
"E-mail is the most used business communication tool today, and we are beginning to realize that regular e-mail is no more secure than a postcard," said Peter Tobler, CIO at Bibus Holding AG. "Encrypting e-mail once was so complicated that the cost of implementing and managing it far outweighed the benefits. But with the ease-of-use of IronPort's e-mail encryption offering, we have been able to quickly and cost-effectively protect our communications with a high degree of security."
According to a March 2007 Forrester report, titled "Adopting an Enterprise Approach to Encryption," 45 percent of the companies surveyed planned to purchase e-mail encryption programs in 2007. The following month, Forrester issued another report, titled "You've Got Encrypted E-mail," which notes: "Companies increasingly want to exchange sensitive data with clients and partners over e-mail, and relying on end-users and ad hoc tools to do this makes CISOs and auditors very uncomfortable. Consequently, many are looking to adopt centrally-managed e-mail encryption and find no shortage of vendors offering their own solutions."
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Change in market demand
IronPort reports that, within the last year, the company has seen the profile of customers for its e-mail encryption solution shift dramatically. Businesses outside the core regulated vertical markets of financial services, government, healthcare and insurance now account for 40 percent of IronPort's encryption customers; they accounted for only 10 percent about nine months ago. Additionally, about 25 percent of all customers purchasing IronPort's anti-spam product also purchase the encryption solution.
"With IronPort E-mail Encryption, we are fundamentally changing the encryption market," said Tom Gillis, vice president of marketing for IronPort. "What once was a specialized, niche technology product that was required for companies to meet regulatory compliance is now becoming a mainstream offering that average businesses are employing to protect their day-to-day e-mail messages."
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About IronPort Systems
IronPort Systems, now part of Cisco Systems, Inc., is the leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. To learn more about IronPort products and services, please visit: http://www.ironport.com
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