Email dominates business communications today, and government and regulatory agencies have been quick to recognize its importance as a category of business records and take steps to safeguard its content and regulate its use. Yet business organizations have been slower to recognize both the value of electronic communications as an information asset and the substantial risks posed by poor management and protection.SOX and Emails
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (S-OX), passed in reaction to highly-publicized corporate scandals, requires high levels of accountability from companies and their senior executives to verify the policies, process and procedures behind each companies financial reports and even business operations.
New e-mail management products are emerging that specifically address regulatory requirements for S-OX to be able to review and hold both incoming and outgoing messages based on key words that might trigger a compliance concern.
To read more, download this white paper that (you'll need to register) I just perused through earlier. Its engaging.
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