10 Requirements to Look For when Shopping Email Security

by Bruce LaFlam on July 10, 2009

In an article posted this week at Infoworld.com, Peter Bruzzese shares a 10 point checklist for selecting an email security solution. Also in the article, our CEO David Setzer gives some insights on email security best practices. You can read the entire article here.

Peter’s 10 email security requirements:

  1. Lowest total cost of ownership, upfront capital investment, ongoing administration, and user training
  2. Access to experienced live customer support to quickly address issues
  3. Preservation of network and server bandwidth
  4. Processing of security threats inside or outside the corporate perimeter
  5. Fastest time to value delivery — can it be deployed and working quickly?
  6. Reduced risk — ensuring your choice does not introduce a single point of failure within the organization
  7. Interoperability with network systems and software
  8. Multiple layers of protection against spam, malware, phishing, viruses, vulnerabilities, and other attacks
  9. Simple operation and management to reduce IT burden and allow focus on more strategic IT initiatives
  10. Very little or no user training requirements

Peter writes articles and posts them on his Infoworld Blog that benefit IT directors and decision makers. You can find his Blog here.

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