Suddenly chief security officers, chief information security officers, and network managers are seeing dollars in the clusters and clouds. Intransa and Pivot3 are pioneering security video storage clusters while IT security is looking to the clouds for email security.
John Latonna, manager of network security at
Adam Swidler, senior product manager with Google Enterprise, wants others to soar cloudward.
Email Security:
Google email security service, powered by Postini, helps keep email free from spam, viruses, phishing, and other email threats. Google email security is a hosted solution that blocks spam and other threats well before they reach an enterprise. Unlike legacy products, it requires no hardware or software to install and maintain, thus greatly reducing your IT resource requirements and costs.
Complete spam and virus protection
Comprehensive message security to stop spam, viruses, phishing, denial of service (DoS), directory harvest attacks (DHA), and other email attacks
Zero-hour anti-virus protection with multi-layered protection, including heuristic and signature-based detection
Extensive and detailed quarantine summary reporting to end users through a convenient web console
Content-based policies for inbound and outbound traffic
Built-in lexical analysis for social security and credit card numbers
Build virtually any custom content rule with regular expression matching
Apply a variety of policy dispositions to triggered content — approve, bounce, quarantine, quarantine redirect, log and deliver
Real-time processing with scale and reliability
Patented real-time, pass-through architecture ensures that there are no delays, message loss or disruptions to email service, regardless of how high spam volumes climb
99.999% availability for message processing and capacity to handle billions of transactions a day
Policy enforced domain to domain messaging encryption using standard SSL or TLS protocols
SAS 70 Type II certified and WebTrust seal validates Google's stringent standards for physical and operational security, assuring the safety of your communications
Manage communication policies for message attachments and content
Email Archving:
Google Message Discovery, powered by Postini, is an easily-deployed, hosted service that helps organizations manage email retention and security, providing both complete email security and a centralized, searchable repository so you can locate email quickly in the event of legal discovery. Email security and archiving services are available together with up to 10 years of retention for $45 per user per year.
Manage email retention and discovery
Capture and index all of your organization's email and attachments in a centralized repository
Store email in redundant and secure Google data centers, creating a reliable, offsite backup
Identify specific emails and attachments quickly through a search interface using parameters such as date range, sender, recipient, subject and content
Place search results on litigation hold to preserve messages beyond their retention periods
Export search results to PST or MBOX format for further review and analysis
Integrated security protects against spam and viruses
Enable comprehensive message security to stop spam, viruses, phishing, denial of service (DoS), directory harvest attacks (DHA), and other email attacks
Set content-based policies for inbound and outbound traffic
Patented real-time, pass-through architecture ensures that there are no delays, message loss or disruptions to email service, regardless of how high spam volumes climb
Manage email security settings and the archive from a single, unified console
Deploy rapidly and maintain effortlessly
Start archiving in a matter of days, with no hardware or software to install on site
Performance is monitored 24/7 by Google, and our services are SAS 70 audited
Updates are released automatically at no additional cost and with no installation effort required
Email Encryption:
Business requirements, industry regulations and government mandates all dictate that companies sufficiently protect communications that contain sensitive or regulated data. Whether it's personally identifiable information, financial data, medical records or proprietary corporate property, you simply must ensure that sensitive content reaches its destination safely. Google Message Encryption, powered by Postini, is a cost-effective hosted solution that automatically encrypts email based on your policy definitions, helping organizations avoid the financial penalties and brand equity damage that can result from sending proprietary or regulated data via unprotected email.
Send encrypted messages to business partners and customers
No additional software, hardware or technical training required
Automated or user-initiated encryption for confidential emails to any recipient
Centralized reporting of encrypted messages and policy enforcement
Centrally-managed content inspection, encryption policies to help comply with GLBA, HIPAA, PCI DSS and Data privacy regulations
Content based policies
Granular content rules let administrators define and enforce specific content policies for data security
Deep inspection of messages and attachments automatically applies encryption policy to regulated content
Full integration with built-in content policy management lexicons enables simple, automated encryption of policy controlled content
Multiple delivery options
Secure web delivery enables encrypted message pickup from a customized web portal with your company's own look and feel
Direct inbox delivery sends encrypted email directly to the recipient's inbox as an encrypted attachment
Automated notification if the recipient doesn't view the secured message
