In the Labyrinth of Regulatory Compliance: SEC
In the past few years email storage and retention have come to the fore as among the most pressing issues related to an organization's messaging infrastructure. A direct reason for this trend is the proliferation of government acts that lay the foundations of the principles that govern the handling, transmission, and preservation of email dependent on specific regulations within different industry verticals, such as health, finance, government, etc. Another reason is the increasing acceptance of email correspondence as evidence in a court of law, which has posed the need for archiving as defense against litigation.
This whitepaper examines regulatory compliance in the various sectors and industries, identifies the implications of the regulations on a company's messaging and collaboration system, and offers some pointers to CIOs, CFOs, corporate lawyers, and network administrators in tackling the slippery road to compliance.
