Information governance takes center stage as our live web seminar series continues on March 14, 2012 with "Manage and Govern Your Corporate Data - Wherever it Lives." Proofpoint archiving and governance experts Andres Kohn and Darren Lee will be joined by analyst Mike Osterman to discuss the business drivers behind information governance and the benefits of combining governance and archiving solutions to address a variety of regulatory and legal risks.
If you've been curious about the new Proofpoint Enterprise Governance solution, and the technology behind it, this is also a great opportunity to learn about what it does, how it works and how your organization can benefit.
All three of our speakers are terrific presenters and, as always, we'll save time to take your live questions. Registrants will also receive a link to a replay of the live event.
From the "you asked for it, you got it" department: Previously available only on the Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad) platform, our Proofpoint Mobile Archive app is now available for Android devices.
The Proofpoint Mobile Archive app lets users of Proofpoint Enterprise Archive (our cloud-based email archiving solution) access their archived email from anywhere, at any time. The app lets you search your entire email archive from your iPhone or Android device, allowing you to quickly find messages, view message details, and retrieve messages to your inbox.
The new Android version of this app is part of the latest release of the Proofpoint Enterprise platform (announced today in our press release here).
Mobility is a big theme of this new release and, in addition to the Android version of the Mobile Archive app, the release includes enhancements to Proofpoint's support for mobile email encryption and decryption (which were already very strong). The enhanced mobile decryption user interface takes advantage of the latest smartphone and tablet technologies to display a web interface that looks and feels like a native application, making it even easier for Proofpoint Encryption users (and any recipient of a Proofpoint-encrypted email message) to decrypt, read, and respond from mobile devices.
This video overview demonstrates the iPhone/iOS version of the Proofpoint Mobile Archive app, and how it enables anytime/anywhere access to archived messages:
This next video demonstrates the previous version of the "decrypt assist" features of Proofpoint Encryption, which allows any email recipients on any mobile smartphone or tablet with a web browser (including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows 7 Phone) to easily decrypt and respond to messages encrypted with Proofpoint Encryption:
And while it's not part of today's announcement, I wanted to remind Proofpoint Enterprise administrators that our Proofpoint Mobile Dashboard app (currently available for Apple iOS devices) gives you access to global spam stats, the status of your support tickets and other information on your Proofpoint Enterprise deployments:
In this report, Osterman describes the various security, compliance and governance features of Microsoft Office 365, and identifies areas where those features may not meet the specialized requirements of organizations in highly-regulated industries or those enterprises with special security requirements.
There is also a good discussion of why the email archiving capabilities of Office 365, while useful, may not be sufficient to satisfy many of the common eDiscovery and regulatory obligations faced by large enterprises.
To download a complimentary copy of this report, follow this link, or simply fill out the mini-form below.
Complete this form to access a PDF copy of Making Office 365 More Secure and Compliant:
Writing in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving, Gartner analysts Sheila Childs, Kenneth Chin and Debra Logan note that:
"The interest in archiving data using cloud or software as a service (SaaS) solutions has intensified," noting further that, "This deployment model is rapidly evolving, and organizations now have solid options for on-premises and SaaS or hybrid solutions. Hybrid solutions consist of some component (usually an appliance) that resides on-premises that can provide additional processing prior to sending data to the cloud, such as bandwidth throttling, encryption or data reduction. In addition, hybrid solutions can provide tight integration with Active Directory or the email system."
Gartner's Magic Quadrant report describes Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA) as follows:
"EIA is the next step in the evolution of archiving that incorporates new products and solutions for archiving user files (email and files on file shares) and, optionally, other content types such as instant messages, structured data and social media content. These products provide features such as data deduplication across content types, retention management, content indexing and at least basic tools for e-discovery, such as search and legal hold. Due to the complexity associated with managing multiple data types within an archive, EIA may more broadly encompass capabilities like federated archive repository management, while delivering common policy management for migration, retention and discovery."
At our recent "Proofpoint Inner Circle" customer events, we had a great opportunity to interview several of our enterprise customers about how and why they use Proofpoint Enterprise solutions for email security, data loss prevention, email encryption, regulatory compliance, archiving and electronic discovery.
I've collected several of them in this YouTube playlist. In these videos, representatives from Amalgamated, Liberty Health, PETCO, Graubard Miller, MED3000, Zions Bank and Scottsdale Healthcare share some of the reasons they rely on Proofpoint.
Thanks again to all of our terrific customers who took the time to share their stories with us... And you can find a lot more Proofpoint video content in our YouTube channel at http://www.proofpoint.com/youtube.
As regular Proofpoint watchers will no doubt have already realized, last week we launched an updated version of the www.proofpoint.com website featuring a new look and feel, completely revised product content, a refreshed resource center (where you can find a wide variety of datasheets, whitepapers and other collateral) and much more.
A few updated features are still coming, including an updated look for this blog and the return of our "Security, Compliance and the Cloud News" service. Stay tuned! If you're a recent or frequent visitor to the site, you may need to clear your browser's cache (or shift-click your browser's refresh button) to force your browser to download the very latest versions of files used and display the new site properly.
One of the most interesting new assets on the site is right on the home page:
Proofpoint's new brand video, "Defending the Ever-Changing Now" is a short, evocative (and cool-looking!) spot that explores the theme of how Proofpoint's solutions defend the "ever-changing now" — keeping enterprises safe from inbound threats (such as spam, phish, viruses, malware); guarding against leaks of private and confidential information; archiving information for legal readiness, governance, investigations, compliance and eDiscovery; and securely encrypting email communication.
You can watch it right here... and feel free to share it with your friends and colleagues.
Wow, is it almost the end of 2011? Looking forward to 2012 for a moment, once again Proofpoint will be exhibiting at the RSA Conference 2012, to be held February 27 thru March 2, 2012 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
If you'd like to attend the RSA Conference 2012 expo (exhibits), you can get a free exhibits-only pass (which RSA calls an "Expo Pass") courtesy of Proofpoint by using code EC12PRF when you register.
To register for your free RSA exhibits pass, please visit the following URL and enter code EC12PRF during the registration process:
We look forward to seeing you there! Proofpoint will be exhibiting at booth #850, demonstrating our latest SaaS-based threat management (email security), compliance (data loss prevention, email encryption), archiving & governance, and secure communication solutions.
Resident cloud archiving and eDiscovery expert, Andres Kohn, explores the risks and concerns you should consider when moving archiving and eDiscovery functions to the cloud.
IT departments are moving quickly to the cloud – enabling organizations to operate more quickly and more nimbly, and at a lower cost. However, this trend can raise a new set of concerns over how the organization should manage in-house eDiscovery processes and minimize risks.
As Andres has said on many occiasions, "Not all clouds are created equal..." and, in some cases, cloud computing can make the search, collection, and preservation of ESI more complex, time-consuming, and difficult, with much of the burden falling on the IT department.
During this web seminar, Andres will help answer key questions around these trends, including: How concerned should you be? And how can you minimize these risks while reaping the benefits of cloud computing?
To attend, please visit our registration page or simply complete the mini-form below! We hope to see you there!
Proofpoint's annual "Inner Circle" event, our free "customers-only" event is coming to San Francisco, Chicago and New York this October.
Proofpoint Inner Circle 2011 is your opportunity to meet with Proofpoint executives, learn about industry trends, get a preview of upcoming product releases, and share best practices with the Proofpoint user community.
These events are completely free, but space is limited, so reserve your spot today by sending us an email to innercircle@proofpoint.com. Our customer event team will send you complete information and register you for the event of your choice.
This year's agenda includes:
Discussions on the state of email today, featuring the latest developments in email-borne threats, content security, email archiving and regulatory compliance
A review of the latest regulations and the critical need for DLP, encryption and archiving
Proofpoint customers sharing the unique ways they are protecting their email infrastructures, meeting compliance requirements and reducing costs
A sneak preview of future innovations from Proofpoint labs, and interactive sessions on Proofpoint’s technology roadmap
Your opportunity to speak with Proofpoint executives and provide direct input into product direction
We look forward to meeting you in person at one of these exciting events! Reserve your spot right now... email us at innercircle@proofpoint.com.
In our latest Proofpoint CEO Series video, Gary Steele gives a general overview of Proofpoint's business, the cloud-based enterprise security and compliance solutions we provide and offers some insights into some of the major trends driving our market — including the aggressive threat landscape, regulatory compliance concerns and enterprise requirements for legal discovery.
More videos in our ongoing CEO series can be found in the blog here:
