Voltage Security Inc., a global provider of information encryption, unveiled Monday its Voltage SecureMail Archive Connector for Symantec Enterprise Vault. The connector allows organizations to achieve low cost and scalable encryption of sensitive information with Voltage Identity-Based Encryption (IBE), while preserving a company's existing eDiscovery, retention, archiving and compliance-centric business processes for email.
As a partner in the Symantec Technology Enabled Program, Voltage completed interoperability testing of SecureMail Archive and achieved certification for Enterprise Vault.
Voltage Security, an enterprise security company, has its solutions based on next generation cryptography, which provide encryption that works for protecting valuable, regulated and sensitive information persistently and based on policy. Voltage delivers low total cost of ownership (TCO) through the use of Voltage Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) and a new Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE). Voltage Security offerings include Voltage SecureMail, Voltage SecureData and the Voltage Security Network (VSN), an on-demand managed service for the extended business network.
Voltage Security is an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) provider of email encryption technology, with OEM partnerships with various companies, including Microsoft Corp., Proofpoint, Secure Computing, Sendmail, Canon, Code Green Networks and NTT Communications. Customers include companies in banking, retail, insurance, energy, healthcare and government, such as American Board of Family Medicine, Diebold, Integro Insurance Brokers, NTT Communications, SafeAuto Insurance, Winterthur Life UK Ltd. and XL Global Services.
The Voltage SecureMail Archive Connector ensures that Voltage-secured messages are decrypted before being archived, thus preserving indexing and searchability of the archive, without needing complex key management or infrastructure. This guarantees that eDiscovery, retention, and review processes are unimpeded by either internal or external secure messaging with little additional cost.
The Voltage SecureMail Archive Connector enables organizations to use Voltage SecureMail for end-to-end encryption, while preserving the eDiscovery capabilities of Symantec Enterprise Vault. As the connector leverages IBE, customers do not need to master complex key management tasks.
"Some organizations are concerned that encryption will prevent or complicate other critical processes, such as email archiving and eDiscovery," said Wasim Ahmad, vice president of marketing, Voltage Security. "The Voltage SecureMail Archive Connector proves the value of Voltage IBE to ensure that encryption and decryption fit seamlessly into an organization."
While many large organizations are required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), SEC 17a4, PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) and other regulations, all organizations, both small and large, need to master eDiscovery in order to comply with potential court orders, financial audits and legal inquiries. Together, Voltage SecureMail Archive Connector and Symantec Enterprise Vault fulfill those universal eDiscovery needs.
