Secure Email A Must For Financial Institutions

Online, May 26, 2010 (Newswire.com) - In a rough economy, often the first industry to take a beating by the media is the financial industry. Banks, financial institutions and even investment firms are blamed for the downfall of the economy. Imagine the public outrage if personal financial information was stolen because the institutions were using unprotected email. The backlash would be devastating.

FFIEC regulators have placed many requirements on these types of institutions in regard to encrypting financial information. Many states have made it law that these institutions must incorporate secure email transmissions into their business plan or face closure. Other regulating agencies are trying to apply these standards to all companies dealing with financial matters.

ZixMail is the answer to the financial industry's problem. Secure email is what they do, and they do it better than anyone else. Currently, ZixMail operates the largest encrypted email server available that has the capabilities to hold every email address in the world. The ZixMail Directory has over 17 million secured email addresses in its system and adds to that number daily.

Each of these customers is given the ability to monitor and send all their email in a secure fashion. ZixMail encryption services will even send encrypted email to your customers that are not in the ZixMail system. These customers will be able to retrieve the email through the use of a special password. Your information is always protected.

The loss of even the tiniest bit of financial information could cause a financial company to collapse. Lawsuits and loss of trust by the remaining customers will affect an institutions bottom line. All of this can be avoided by using email encryption for all transmitted information. ZixMail makes it simple for your company to remain secure.

ZixMail is proud to say they have met or exceeded all regulations set forth by the FFIEC. Nearly half of all the 50 state banking regulators subscribe to the ZixMail secure email service. Many banks and other financial institutions are also satisfied customers of ZixMail. Any financial company can join this list of satisfied and in-compliance companies simply by subscribing to the service. ZixMail can either be hosted as a web based program or as a desk top application. The choice will be based on the needs you wish to fulfill. Customization is available and ZixMail can accommodate as many or as as few email addresses as you priced and maintenance free, it is a win -win solution for any financial institution.want.