Minimizing the Risk of Email Data Loss in the Corporate Email System
Inbound threats like viruses, spam, and spyware pose serious risks for today’s email systems. Organizations address inbound threats by deploying software and hardware to scan incoming email messages and eliminate unwanted content. While these efforts are important, there is an equally dangerous security threat that is often overlooked: the threat of outbound data loss.
This technology brief highlights how Messaging Architects addresses email data loss risks with a policy-driven acceptable usage email enforcement platform that utilizes a combination of content analysis techniques, automated policy enforcement, and education to mitigate the risks associated with email data loss.
The brief covers the following:
- What is Email Data Loss
- What are the Effects of Email Data Loss
- What is Email Data Loss Prevention
- How Can Your Organization Protect Itself
- How M+Guardian Addresses Email Data Loss