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Threats and Complexities of Email Management
While email is a vital communication tool for businesses, it also presents major security risks and burden on IT resources. Businesses depend on email 24x7, but remain highly vulnerable to various internal and external threats. Systems and infra-structure problems - such as hardware failure, network outage, software crashes, power loss, unexpected peaks in email traffic, as well as full-scale disasters - can result in lost productivity, lost revenue, lost customers, and lost opportunities.
External email threats - such as spam, viruses, trojans and phishing scams are constantly moving targets - requiring daily attention and rapid response. More than 80% of email traffic consists of these threats, and discerning good from bad has become extremely difficult.
Although there are many solutions to combat unwanted email, most are flawed due to their constrained approach. Current generation of email filters rely heavily on publicly managed black lists, key-word matching, and other subjective rules which can lead to mis-identification of good email (also known as "false positives"). Spammers are getting increasingly sophisticated, and are able to circumvent these flaws.
Unprotected email systems result in loss of mission-critical data, lack of accountability, and increased legal liability. In addition, concerns surrounding regulatory compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley and HIPPA acts; conforming to audit requirements; and adhering to best practices - all add to the complexities of email management.
These threats and challenges diminish the continuing viability and usefulness of email systems for large enterprise and small business alike. Furthermore, email security is getting increasingly complex, requiring special skills and expertise. Ironically, in-house IT resources are over-burdened and under-prepared to tackle challenges of email security.
PUREmail makes email reliable again. PUREmail manages the burden of maintaining email security, while reinforcing the accountability of business communications - and increasing the productivity of electronic messaging. PUREmail solves the problem - PURE and Simple!
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