Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security: The Impact of HIPAA, PCI, PIIG, and Other New Government and Industry Guidelines on Email Security Policies

Email is the lingua franca of business today. It is the conduit that allows employees to share information, companies to work with partners, and increasingly, provides a way for companies and their customers to interact. Enterprises today deal with an ever-increasing number of email-related threats. Most are familiar with the problems of virus-infected email attachments and productivity-draining spam, but now companies must also address the threats posted by outbound email.