PHOENIX - Nov. 11, 2009 - Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, today announced data leak
prevention (DLP) enhancements to the MailGate email security appliance's Policy
Engine, enabling digital rights management (DRM) for attachments. MailGate will now limit
recipients' ability to alter or appropriate attachment information by
converting inbound and outbound Microsoft Office attachments into
password-protected, "locked" PDF documents.
To date, email DLP has seen
content filtering policies scan and then encrypt, redirect or block sensitive
information in outbound emails and attachments. However, there has been
no protection of the integrity of this information once beyond an enterprise
email gateway. Recipients could print, copy or manipulate Microsoft
Office attachments, increasing potential for the altering of contracts,
plagiarism of collateral, or doctoring of compliance reports.
According
to Osterman Research, typical business users spend 28 percent of their day
working in email, more than any other enterprise communications
tool. Additionally, 29 percent of emails contain attachments - a
large and growing proportion of which are information-rich files in excess of
five megabytes.
MailGate's incorporation of
DRM into its best-in-class Policy Engine means senders retain greater control
over a document's integrity, even when sent to partners or customers. PDF
documents are protected by 32-byte passwords, established by the sending
organization, which remains solely authorized to make document changes.
With MailGate's PDF conversion enabled, recipients of a converted,
password-protected PDF document will not be able to print, add pages, insert
comments or copy and paste content. Additionally, MailGate eliminates
metadata from outbound documents such as tracked changes, edits or revision
history to ensure only desired information reaches recipients.
"With attachments growing in
size and importance, Axway continues to innovate with respect to email data
protection,"said Joe Fisher, senior vice president of product and solutions
marketing at Axway. "Axway is the first mover on bringing DRM to email
data leak prevention. This means enterprises can rest a bit easier
knowing their most sensitive information that must be shared will be much
harder to tamper with or illegally appropriate."
In addition to enhancing the
data leak prevention capabilities, MailGate has also made multiple enhancements
to further improve product usability and performance in areas like improved
user reports, message data logging and end-user graphical interface functionality.
Axway is the Business
Interaction Networks company — the only provider in the market today to manage,
run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email,
files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000
organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the
multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate
business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments,
partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include
business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business
activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented
architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity
validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well
as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in
Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.
