Internal Email Control: Its Essential Role in Compliance Management
Hardly a day goes by without another example surfacing of how a break- down in corporate compliance is linked to email. No wonder, with 103 billion corporate emails a day projected for 2008. The sheer volume of electronic correspondence guarantees literally every company will experience a serious incident of non-compliance resulting from their use of email — whether they know about it or not!
A truly effective compliance strategy is proactive and preventative in scope and would, by necessity, require every email message be managed with consideration for both regulatory and corporate policy. Yet, most organizations have focused their email compliance efforts on only their inbound and outbound traffic—a mere 15% of their total corporate email volume!
Any uncontrolled use of email can lead to violations of both government regulations and internal corporate policies, with consequences that can range from employee lawsuits, to substantial government penalties, even to irreparably damaged brand and corporate reputation affecting sales and customer retention. Protecting your organization against all these risks, liabilities and costs is crucial.
This whitepaper explains why it is crucial to effectively control the other 85% of your email (your internal traffic) and describes the solutions architecture necessary to do so effectively.
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