SaaS and the importance of email security
Software as a Service (SaaS) has quickly become the standard delivery model for critical business IT software and services. Business customers realize many benefits by leveraging SaaS services. The On-Demand model ofSaaS infrastructure provides benefits to the customer by lowering their overall costs, while increasing flexibility, reliability, and overall solution security. However, as new businesses begin to evaluate SaaS software and services, many still have concerns about security, fearing that hosting their critical business applications and data with a SaaS provider will expose them to greater risk and loss of control. This concern is particularly acute for businesses’ messaging and collaboration needs around email and instant messaging. As business email is now a primary method of inter- and intra-corporate communications, including the exchange of sensitive financial data and intellectual property, businesses are growing increasingly concerned about the need for secured email and messaging services.Microsoft Exchange is the leading business email and collaboration solution for the small, up to the large, business markets, and this post provides you with the seven pillars of email security. By choosing Managed Company as their Hosted Exchange SaaS Solution Provider, businesses can achieve email and total messaging security, as well as a piece of mind, by leveraging Managed Company’s infrastructure and experience with running a secured messaging platform.
The Seven Pillars of Email Security
The properties that make Microsoft Exchange a powerful communications and collaboration tool also make it vulnerable to different types of threats. A comprehensive security strategy protects against these important threats:- Viruses and malware – Attackers who use email as a conduit toinvade corporate networks for the purposes of either stealing information, or taking control of computers for other illegal activities.
- Phishing – Attackers who lure users into submitting personal or business information by convincing them they are interacting with a legitimate vendor or business partner, when they are in fact communicating with the attackers.
- Malicious employees & employee negligence – Employees or ex-employees who inadvertently compromise sensitive business information, or worse, purposely try to access and/or steal privileged information.
- Corporate Espionage – Attempts by competitors to gain an unfair advantage by accessing internal company information including product designs, launch plans or financial data.
- Hackers – Internet pirates looking for valuable information that they can either use to illegally profit or sell on the “black” market.
To properly secure email against these threats, business must employ a multi-tiered security infrastructure across seven pillars:
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Physical Security
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Logical Server Security
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Network Security
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Client Security
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Antivirus and Antispam
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Administration and Policy Security
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Backup and Recovery
In-House vs. Manage Company's Hosted Email Services are you covered
Email is a powerful platform for communication and collaboration, especially in distributed environments. But with these benefits come serious inherit security risks that require ongoing attention. A comprehensive security strategy employs multiple layers of defense from the physical to the digital, and up to the process and policy layers of an email solution. Employing this comprehensive strategy is costly and time-consuming as both an initial investment and on an ongoing basis. Managed Company is a thought leader on email security and offers one of the most comprehensive and effective security programs for hosted business email, all included in the low monthly cost of its hosted Exchange offerings.
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