Paconnect suggests Sophos Central Email Protection Plus

If you are looking for a reliable and advanced email security solution for your organization, PAconnect suggests considering Sophos Email Protection Advanced. This is a cloud-based service that integrates with Microsoft 365 and other email platforms to provide comprehensive protection against malware, phishing, impersonation, data loss, and encryption.

Sophos Email Protection Advanced uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and block new and emerging threats, such as ransomware, zero-day attacks, and business email compromise (BEC). It also leverages Sophos Labs threat intelligence and cloud sandboxing to analyze email attachments and URLs for malicious behavior. Additionally, it offers advanced impersonation protection that can identify phishing attempts that try to spoof trusted senders or domains.

Sophos Email Protection Advanced also helps you secure sensitive data and comply with regulations by offering policy-driven email encryption. You can choose from different encryption options, such as TLS, attachment and message encryption (PDF and Office), or full web portal encryption. You can also create multi-rule data loss prevention (DLP) policies to scan emails and attachments for financials, confidential contents, health information, and personally identifiable information (PII). Sophos Email automatically encrypts messages that contain sensitive data or allows users to encrypt their own messages using an Outlook plugin or an O365 add-in.

Sophos Email Protection Advanced is easy to set up and manage from a single console in Sophos Central. You don't need to redirect your MX records or install any hardware or software. You can also synchronize your email protection with other Sophos products, such as endpoint, firewall, mobile device security, zero trust, and public cloud security. This gives you a unified view of your security posture and enables you to respond faster to threats.

Sophos Email Protection Advanced is a powerful and flexible email security solution that can protect your organization from the most sophisticated email threats. You can try it for free for 30 days or request a quote from Sophos. Sophos has over 30 years of experience in data protection and supports over 27,000 organizations with advanced email threat protection and data security.

Users experiencing Outlook connection issues and crashes

We had several clients call in yesterday telling us that their Outlook application was crashing when it was launched. It appears from Microsoft's post that it was caused by a forced update to the Outlook client. See information provided by Microsoft below:

EX218604, Exchange Online, Last updated: July 15, 2020 7:24 PM

Start time: July 15, 2020 11:12 AM, End time: July 15, 2020 6:35 PM

Status

Service restored

User impact

Users may have experienced crashes or may have been unable to access Exchange Online via Outlook.

Title: Users experiencing Outlook connection issues and crashes User Impact: Users may have experienced crashes or may have been unable to access Exchange Online via Outlook.

More info: Users may need to restart their Outlook client for the fix to take effect.

Our analysis indicates that Outlook on the web and mobile clients were unaffected. Users may have been able to leverage those protocols as an alternative means to access email and service features while we remediated this problem.

Affected users would have received an error message that stated: "Outlook couldn't start last time. Safe mode could help you troubleshoot the problem, but some features might not be available in this mode. Do you want to start in Safe Mode?"

Further information on what admins were able to see in event viewer for this crash event could have been found here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/active-investigation-into-outlook-crashing-on-launch-9c59ad4b-813c-432a-afdc-f14717a4528d?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us   

Final status: We've confirmed that the issue has been successfully resolved after extended monitoring of our telemetry. If users are continuing to see impact, please restart your Outlook client for the changes to take effect.

Scope of impact: This issue may have potentially affected any of your users attempting to use Outlook.

Start time: Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 11:12 AM (3:12 PM UTC)

End time: Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 6:35 PM (10:35 PM UTC)

Root cause: A recent change to the Outlook client inadvertently resulted in this issue.

Next steps:

• We're reviewing our update procedures to isolate these issues prior to our deployment cycle.
• We're analyzing our telemetry data to better identify these issues before they impact our customers.

We'll publish a post-incident report within five business days.

Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams

They come in many forms, but they are getting more and more sophisticated and taking companies and individuals for larger amounts of money. Naked Security wrote a report yesterday about the City of Ocala, Florida that wrote out a check after it received fraudulent new payment information that was processed into their system. The scammers used all of the right processes and until the Construction Company called the city about the payment.

Naked Security has a great posting on the many ways that this is happening and what to look for to protect yourself and your organization from this happening to you: Click Here

RPost Email Security made simple

I have been using this product for over a year and it make my encrypting of emails very simple and straight forward. There are many different capabilities that this product provides and is especially helpful in a Law Practice environment with the added feature for documenting delivery receipt of emails and signoffs as well.

Here is a sample of a recent RPost News item:

RPost Adds New Security Automation, APCC Top Choice RPost simplifies total email security, now with a hosted security gateway solution. Customers, especially small businesses, have all of the email threats and compliance requirements of enterprises, but fewer IT staff and smaller tech budgets.   With RMail Security Gateway, now with full service hosted options, business IT staff can simply change an email routing rule and all of their email will have market leading threat protection, data leak prevention, and rules to trigger all or certain messages to be sent via RMail; automatic encryption, RPX AES encryption, certified e-delivery proof, or for recipient e-signoff.   “As technologies advance and threats get ever more sophisticated, encrypting email for privacy compliance is not getting simpler. In fact, it is getting more complicated,” states Steve Anderson, an insurance technology expert & LinkedIn influencer with more than 330 thousand followers.  “Not all TLS is created equal. Not all email one thinks is going by TLS, in fact is transmitted securely.” Learn more about pitfalls with TLS   Insurance agencies, for example, rely on RMail automatic encryption to detect this simplest, secure transmission to each recipient; with each message returning auditable proof of privacy compliance. Now, agency administrators can simply click an option in a web-tool to enable all messages to be sent via RMail encryption, whether sent from an agency management system, or from their email service. “RMail consistently makes email life easier for business people. Easy, secure, simple, automatic,” adds Anderson. “And, RMail Security Gateway is just another way that RPost does it. RMail Security Gateway is a great option for total encryption automation.”   [Join Steve Anderson on a December 12 webinar to learn how to automate and streamline email compliance with policy-based encryption solutions – REGISTER HERE.]   RMail Security Gateway automates email security with advanced email encryption for privacy compliance, inbound and outbound threat protection, data loss prevention, and more. It includes proof of privacy compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.), with email tracking, certified e-delivery proof, and e-sign productivity built-in. It is the simplest to use, most affordable full featured total security solution for email and documents; fully hosted, completely managed.    [Read more about RMail Security Gateway in our PDF Guide.]   “RMail SG furthers our mission to think of security in line with productivity. Services should make it easier to do business, all the while focusing on ensuring underlying security and compliance needs are covered,” states RPost CEO Zafar Khan.    Users report adding RMail SG to make it easy to send encrypted from mobile phones, by adding the word ‘encrypt’ to the subject – in particular in the legal sector. Others prefer to create rules to automatically send encrypted to certain recipients, based on message content, or when from certain senders, when privacy compliance is a concern.   RMail has been identified as a top choice for privacy compliance by leading organizations like the Association for Professional Compliance Consultants (APCC).     [Interested in GDPR Compliance? Download the GDPR Privacy Compliance Guide Here.]

Interesting article from RPost about a socially engineered eMail caused the loss of $480k

Businesses cannot rely solely on cyber insurance policies to protect themselves and their clients from certain cybercrimes. In a recent case, Chubb Insurance refused to cover a cyber security loss of $480,000 despite the fact that Chubb had insured the victimized company for computer funds transfer fraud.
The case involved a cyber insurance policy issued to Houston-based Ameriforge Group Inc. (AFGlobal Corp.) by a division of Chubb Group. Criminals impersonating AFGlobal’s CEO convinced the company’s accountant to wire $480,000 to a bank in China. When the fraud was discovered, investigators learned that the foreign bank account had already been emptied and closed.  Source
As it turns out, cyber insurance policies such as the one held by Ameriforge Group may cover forgery of financial instruments (such as checks or drafts), but insurers may not recognize informal email correspondence containing financial instructions or wire information as qualifying financial instruments. Sending financial instructions encrypted in Registered Email^™ messages may add sufficient formality to trigger cyber insurance coverage.
Fund transfer fraud often involves emails that appear to come from a company employee -- in this case, the CEO. The fact that the email has the weight of the CEO’s authority makes this particular tactic effective, as it is difficult to verify an email’s authenticity unless the sender uses a sender authentication service such as the Digital Seal^® sender authentication feature included in the RMail service.
In the Chubb case, it is noted that the fraudster seemed familiar with the nature of the longstanding and trusting relationship between the accountant and the CEO, suggesting that the fraudster may have had access to emails between the two. These “fake CEO email” tactics often include email correspondence written with context, vocabulary and style matching the CEO’s normal email interactions. As always, using the RMail email encryption service when corresponding about sensitive transactions is an important preventative measure. 
In this case, the fake CEO email to the accounting director Glen Wurm allegedly said: “Glen, I have assigned you to manage file T521. This is a strictly confidential financial operation, to which takes priority over other tasks. Have you already been contacted by Steven Shapiro (attorney from KPMG)? This is very sensitive, so please only communicate with me through this email, in order for us not to infringe SEC regulations. Please do no speak with anyone by email or phone regarding this. Regards, Gean Stalcup.” Wire instructions followed in a subsequent email with a request to transfer $480,000 for due diligence costs associated with a purported acquisition.

Email Encryption without the Hassle

In speaking with financial institutions, we know that loan officers and employees may skip difficult security measures to progress a loan or provide customer service quickly. An easy and seamless experience is the best way to make sure security isn’t circumvented and your customer data is protected. And that’s why Guardian Mortgage uses Zix.

In a recent press release, Guardian Mortgage’s SVP of IT said:

Zix meets our high standards, works without issues and alleviates worry and hassle for our customers, loan officers and entire company with a user-friendly experience.

For additional insight into how Guardian Mortgage uses Zix solutions to protect customers and keep their trust, please see the full press release below. If you’d like to see how Zix works without the hassle, I’m happy to coordinate a one-on-one demo. Just let me know a time that works best with your calendar.

Thanks,

Guardian Mortgage Protects Customers and Maintains Trusted Reputation by Securing Email Data with Zix Corporation

Zix’s easy to use solutions enable email data protection without hassle for Guardian Mortgage customers and loan officers

DALLAS--Sept. 7, 2016-- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), a leader in email data protection, enhances data protection for Guardian Mortgage with Zix^® Email Encryption, bring your own device (BYOD) solution ZixOne^SM and data loss prevention (DLP) solution ZixInsight^SM. Incorporating a full suite of Zix solutions, Guardian Mortgage secures sensitive customer data and valuable relationships as email is exchanged across the Internet and accessed on mobile devices.

“We’ve earned our customers’ trust by doing what’s right, and securing client data in email is absolutely the right way to protect our clients and strengthen relationships,” said Will Stokes, Senior Vice President of Information Technology for Guardian Mortgage. “Zix meets our high standards, works without issues and alleviates worry and hassle for our customers, loan officers and entire company with a user-friendly experience.”

All Guardian Mortgage colleagues use ZixGateway^®, a policy-based email encryption solution. Equipped with robust policy filters that are created and maintained by a dedicated research team, ZixGateway automatically scans and encrypts emails with sensitive personal data, allowing colleagues to exchange secure email without any extra steps.

“The amount and sensitivity of personal data exchanged when people apply for a mortgage or refinance a home can be overwhelming. What should be an exciting and happy time is often stressful, and adding worry due to a data breach is the last thing a homeowner needs,” said David Wagner, Chief Executive Officer of ZixCorp. “By adding automatic, easy-to-use email encryption with Zix, loan officers can securely email without any hassles or disruption to their workflow, and mortgage companies can confidently deliver the quality service their customers deserve. More importantly, clients can conveniently and securely share their personal data and keep their attention focused on their home.”

For recipients with ZixGateway, encrypted emails are automatically decrypted and delivered transparently to the inbox. Hundreds of organizations send and receive encrypted email with Guardian Mortgage without taking any extra steps or entering passwords.

If recipients do not use ZixGateway, encrypted messages can be delivered seamlessly through Transport Layer Security (TLS) or in less than two steps through a mobile-friendly, secure Web portal. Ensuring bi-directional security, customers can send encrypted replies from the secure Web portal and also initiate encrypted messages directly to Guardian Mortgage through a unique compose feature.

Guardian Mortgage uses ZixInsight for added visibility into how colleagues use email and what sensitive data is securely flowing outside the company. For Guardian Mortgage colleagues who use personal mobile devices, ZixOne provides access to email without allowing the data to reside on the device. Through the ZixOne mobile app, colleagues on the go easily exchange email to customers, and Guardian Mortgage enables communication and business without jeopardizing customer privacy due to a lost or stolen mobile device.

About Guardian Mortgage

Guardian Mortgage Company, Inc. is a 51-year old residential mortgage originator and servicer located in Dallas, Texas, currently with loan origination offices in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Michigan. It originates mortgages through retail and correspondent channels and has a $2.7 billion residential mortgage loan servicing portfolio. Guardian Mortgage is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Strategic Growth Bancorp (SGB) Incorporated, which also owns Capital Bank, First National Denver, First National Santa Fe, and First National Rio Grande. These SGB Community Banks operate in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. For more information about Guardian Mortgage, please visit https://www.guardianmortgageonline.com.

About ZixCorp

ZixCorp is a trusted leader in email data protection. ZixCorp offers industry-leading email encryption, a unique email data loss prevention (DLP) solution, and an innovative bring your own device (BYOD) email solution to meet your company’s data protection and compliance needs. ZixCorp is trusted by the nation’s most influential institutions in healthcare, finance and government for easy-to-use secure email solutions. ZixCorp is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol ZIXI, and its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.zixcorp.com.

Yahoo ordered to show how it recovered ‘deleted’ emails in drug case – Naked Security

Interesting reading about Yahoo recovering supposedly deleted files from their servers for a U.K. drug case. It makes you wonder what else is available that can be handed over to the government to prosecute you. I am not totally unhappy that these drug dealers information was made available for prosecution, however, this may be a real issue for the general private market out there. Just something to think about!

If this is peak your interest you can read more here.

Microsoft Replacing Clutter in Upcoming Office 365 Update

Internally and almost everybody here has been turning off the clutter function in Microsoft Outlook. It is been a feature that none of us have really liked very much because of its inconsistencies in the way that it operates. It is planning on replacing it with a feature called “Focused Inbox” which is all ready running in the iOS and android Outlook apps.

Focused Inbox uses a ta andb system separating "information between "focused" and "other" tabs. So now you have a program that is determining what is low or high priority and separating them into these two containers. I have not thought much of the algorithm that that phone apps is using two separate these messages so hopefully it'll start to get better as time goes on.

Clutter did not work particularly well for people who had complex inbox rules already in place to manage their email, or who did not receive enough email for the Clutter algorithms to learn what to do with it. For businesses, the sudden disappearance of email into a separate folder caused some support issues, with administrators having to seek out the administrative controls for Clutter after the CEO's important company-wide email didn't get read by half the employees.

Microsoft promises that when this new feature rolls out in Outlook that the messages and color will automatically be moved over to the other tab. When your outlook is updated Microsoft says that it will give you an opt in option that will appear in Outlook and he will give you the option to start using focused inbox. There will also be an option for you to turn off Focused Inbox at any time as well.

There's going to be another feature that is being added called the Outlook @Mentions Feature. It is a quick tagging function that will allow you to add users to email discussion. All you will need to do is to add the @ symbol in a message and you'll get a list of names with the next letter typed. Recipients of your email that have been tagged in this manner will see their email name in a blue highlight color, so they'll know that they had been added to the thread.

Microsoft states that this feature in Outlook will work with any email service you're using in Outlook. However the blue highlight feature will just be available for Outlook.com and office 365 accounts. This function should be added later in the year for other services like Gmail and Yahoo.

Email Spoofing...Yes it is a real life problem.

One of my friends, Michelle Drolet fom Towerwall, Inc. just posted an interesting article about Email Spoofing and how the Sophos Product Reflexion Total Control can help prevent this issue.

You can find the entire article here.

Reflexion Total Control provides quite a few ways for dealing with controlling SPAM and other email problems. Take a look at a quick list of features here. To purchase, find out more on the product or to have us setup a trial be sure to contact us.

Is Exchange 2013 for you?

When Microsoft killed the Small Business Server product last year it took away the one function that we implemented the most of for small businesses and that was an in-house Exchange Server. For those people that wanted control over their communication data this was a big thing. The cost difference of having to install a full blown Exchange Server setup vs. what was needed in SBS is a large expense and one that is beginning to be hard to justify. Can we really expect an under 25 user office to put up a full blown Exchange Server to support their employees? In most cases the answer is no!

So what do you do now to get beyond this cost barrier and still have enterprise communication capabilities? Microsoft’s answer is Office365. We have began deploying offices as small as one user to as large as you want to deploy on Microsoft’s cloud product with fairly good results. This past week we had a few indications of Microsoft’s growth pains but they are quickly updating their system and tweaking it to make it better and better everyday. I am thoroughly impressed from a user basis of what they have been able to accomplish and I like the prospects of where it is all going.

Microsoft’s whole suite of Office Productivity packages are available from the cloud now as an ongoing SaaS (software as a service) model and it is becoming more and more reasonable to buy into this approach. If you are a traditional office worker you may not need your Office software on multiple devices but if you are more mobile, take work home, have multiple devices that you use than the SaaS model makes a lot more financial sense.

Let’s take Microsoft Office for instance. If you are a single workstation worker, than you only need this suite of programs on one machine. Paying $229 for a perpetual license for that machine may make a lot of sense. However, if you also like to work from your home office machine or your laptop than taking that cost and multiplying it three times becomes awfully expensive, a total of $657. If you go with Office Pro that amount approaches $1,000. With the Office365 Small Business Premium package your cost is $150/user annually and you can install office Pro on up to 5 different devices for that user. Now this package is limited to a maximum 25 users in the company but for many small office environments/businesses this will be a great fit.

So what do you get for this annual fee? Microsoft Office Pro with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Publisher and Lync. You have access to Office Web Apps which include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote files via a web browser. Hosted email, you get business-class email, shared calendars, 25GB of storage space per user and the ability to setup your own domain name. Simple file sharing through SkyDrive with 7Gb of personal storage that syncs with your Pc. You can easily share these files internally or externally and control who sees or can edit them. Web conferencing and IM using your Lync communications program. You can conduct meetings over the internet with HD video conferencing, screen sharing, and instant messaging. Share presence, IM and audio calling with Skype users. You get a public website to market your business with a website that is easy to set up using your own company domain name with no additional hosting fees. All of this and a guaranteed 99.9% uptime/availability.

While $150/user annually by itself sound like a lot, the services that you get the and the enormity of the enterprise functions that you receive for that money are great and I feel are easily justified. As we are refreshing more and more of our Small Business Server installations the move to a SaaS model is making more and more sense.

ZixCorp Email Encryption: Security Meets Simplicity

To ensure convenient email encryption for all recipients, ZixCorp automatically delivers encrypted email in the manner that works best for the end-user. Here is a brief video that explains how this product can benefit you.

Arizona Cardiac Surgeons Pay $100,000 To Settle HIPAA Violations

ZixCorp just sent out a partner advisory discussing an article about a five physician practice that was recently fined $100,000 for HIPAA violations, including not encrypting PHI in email.

- April 2012, Forbes.comArizona Cardiac Surgeons Pay $100,000 to Settle HIPAA Violations

With proactive, random HIPAA audits now from the Office of Civil Rights, a huge increase in HIPAA audits and enforcement is a reality for 2012. There are many organizations vulnerable to high fines and irreversible damage to their reputation and now is the time to educate your clients and prospects on how ZixCorp Email Encryption services can prevent these harmful headlines from happening to them.

“This case is significant because it highlights a multiyear, continuing failure on the part of this provider to comply with the requirements of the Privacy and Security Rules,” said Leon Rodriguez, director of the HHS Office of Civil Rights. “We hope that health care providers pay careful attention to this resolution agreement and understand that the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules have been in place for many years, and OCR expects full compliance no matter the size of a covered entity.” – April 2012, HHS.gov

Vulnerability in TrueType Font Parsing Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

Microsoft Security Advisory (2639658)

Updated: Tuesday, November 08, 2011

General Information

Executive Summary

Microsoft is investigating a vulnerability in a Microsoft Windows component, the Win32k TrueType font parsing engine. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. The attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. We are aware of targeted attacks that try to use the reported vulnerability; overall, we see low customer impact at this time. This vulnerability is related to the Duqu malware.

Upon completion of this investigation, Microsoft will take the appropriate action to help protect our customers. This may include providing a security update through our monthly release process or providing an out-of-cycle security update, depending on customer needs.

We are actively working with partners in our Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) to provide information that they can use to provide broader protections to customers. For information about protections released by MAPP partners, see MAPP Partners with Updated Protections.

Paul Thurrott has his on take on this posted Nov 8th 2011

Another Source of Fraud: Urgent notice of Intellectual Property protection

Internet Scamming is rampant and here is yet another way these guys are trying to separate us from our hard earned money. A client of mine received an email stating that someone in the China/Asia are wants to file for a domain name that was already held by my customer. They wanted confirmation that my customer was the trademark owner. The message was as follows:

Subject: Urgent notice of Intellectual Property protection

Dear Manager:

This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration and dispute internationally in China and Asia.
On July 4th 2011, We received Tianhua Ltd's application that they are registering the name "[Customer’s Domain Name]" as their Internet Keyword and " [Customer’s Domain Name].cn "、" [Customer’s Domain Name].com.cn " 、" [Customer’s Domain Name].asia "domain names etc.., It is China and ASIA domain names. But after auditing we found the brand name been used by your company. As the domain name registrar in China, it is our duty to notice you, so I am sending you this Email to check. According to the principle in China, your company is the owner of the trademark, In our auditing time we can keep the domain names safe for you firstly, but our audit period is limited, if you object the third party application these domain names and need to protect the brand in china and Asia by yourself, please let the responsible officer contact us as soon as possible. Thank you!

Best regards,

John
Oversea marketing manager 
Shanghai Office (Head Office)
3002, Nanhai Building, No. 854 Nandan Road,
Xuhui District, Shanghai 200070, China
Tel: +86 216191 8696
Mobile: +86 136615 29704
Fax: +86 216191 8697
Web: www.ygnetworkltd.com

Here is a great article that goes through and picks out all of the pieces that may help you in the future to determine if email like the one above is real or a scam.

Who is Epsilon and why does it have your data?

If you haven’t received an email from one of your credit card companies or favorite online stores this past week consider yourself lucky because the majority of us have. In an article written by Elinor Mills of CNET today, Elinor goes into great depth describing the how's and why’s of the professional email industry in marketing most the the major corporate lenders and many of your favorite retailers and service companies. Take a look at what Elinor has to say about this security breech and what it might mean to you. Be sure to take what you feel are appropriate actions to protect yourself. This article outlines several things that you can do to protect yourself. As always be careful how you work with unsolicited email and be sure to act intelligently so as not to put yourself into a position to make it easy to be a victim of scams and identity theft.

How to set up Exchange Email on a Droid Phone

Our Scott Wiltshire submitted this quick checklist on how to setup your Exchange Email on a Droid Phone. Hopefully this will help you with your setup:

• Go to Email it will be either on the front screen or under ‘apps’
• If no accounts have been set up it will ask you to Put in user name and pass word
• Manual Setup
• Pick Microsoft Exchange Active Sync
• Domains user name
• [DOMAIN]/[USERNAME]
• (Please note this is my email just to show you how it has to be put in, please replace with your username and domain)
• Password
• ***
• Exchange server
• OWA.[DOMAIN]
• Check ‘use secure connection’
• Check ‘accept all SSL certificates’
• Click ‘ok’ on the next activation Screen
• Done
• You should now be able to get in to the account
• Setup options
• Once in the account hit the menu button (very left button at the button of the droid)
• Click the ‘more’ option
• Click ‘Account settings’
• From here it’s pretty easy to go through each option.
• I would suggest you keep email size at 2kb this will save on data usage.
• These are my settings for Sync Schedule, you may find you wish to change some of them, but for a work week this pretty much works perfectly.
• Sync Schedule
• Peak Schedule
• Push
• Off Peak Schedule
• Push
• Peak days
• Mon,Tues,Weds,Thurs,Friday
• Peak Start time
• 08.00
• Peak end time
• 17.00
• While Roaming (* very important you pick Manual otherwise when roaming you will be racking up data charges)
• Manual

Astaro Mail Archiving

Mailbox servers often suffer from the heavy load of growing email traffic and administrators struggle with mailbox quotas and user storage demands. Through the Astaro Mail Archiving Service, you can free up valuable server resources and get control of compliance requirements while improving productivity of end-users at the same time. All of this is provided as a reliable hosted service with no need for additional hardware or software. Learn more about the individual features which make up the Mail Archiving service.

Compliance

Enforce requirements from local laws and regulations.

In many countries, businesses are obliged to archive emails for several years due to legal requirements. Astaro Mail Archiving Service lets you decide what needs to be archived and for how long. Where email audits are necessary, discovery tasks can be fulfilled with special auditor privileges within the archive, following a four-eye principle to comply with data protection requirements.

Modern industrial and governmental rules and regulations make email archiving an obligation for all businesses. Emails must be archived for a certain period of time and in the case of audits, specific information must be presented within due time.

The Astaro Mail Archiving Service gives enables you to offload emails from your messaging servers and provides end users with a stunning discovery experience. The archive also offers granular control over retention periods, so that you can set individual periods per mailbox or even filter for specific content or exclude certain emails from being archived at all.

While these easy-to-enforce retention policies can be configured within the graphical interface of the ArchiveManager, the even more important question is how you will rapidly find and produce important emails when required. Users with special auditor privileges – optionally based on a four-eye principle – can instantly access and search through the companies entire email communication, providing results within seconds. Accessible through a web-based discovery portal, legal departments or auditors are now enabled to easily retrieve information so that the IT department is no longer involved in these tasks.

Designed as a cloud-based service, Astaro Mail Archiving doesn’t require the deployment of additional hardware or software. By hosting the service in redundant data centers that are highly available and practically offer unlimited scalability, initial deployment efforts are kept to a minimum and in the future will scale automatically when requirements are growing.

Capacity:

• Storage Capacity: unlimited
• User Capacity: unlimited.

Supported E-Mail Servers & Protocols:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010
• Support for SMTP, POP3
• IMAP based Journaling

Supported Clients:

• Microsoft Outlook Client 2003, 2007, 2010