Critical Communications Require Next-Gen Security Measures
May 24, 2011 - Information Security Media Group

With so much critical information being exchanged today via e-mail, now is the time to deploy next-generation e-mail encryption solutions, says Bob Janacek, CTO and founder of DataMotion.

The difference between first-gen and next-gen solutions, Janacek says:

"In the first-gen system, the encrypted e-mail is given to internal users - employees - and they send messages from their desktop to external users. It's a one-way exchange of secure message," he says. "In the next-gen solution, we're looking at the bi-direction aspect of e-mail, and these systems empower the internal employees, along with their business partners and customers, to initiate an encrypted message. So, by allowing the external users especially to initiate a secure message, the organization speeds up its processes, which increases their business value and decreases their costs."

There are other solid business benefits to be gained from next-gen e-mail encryption solutions, Janacek says, that can help organizations ensure greater security of communications while saving costs. And the new solutions treat mobile communications as a "first-class citizen," he adds.

In an interview about next-gen e-mail encryption, Janacek discusses:

* The business case for e-mail encryption;
* The differences between first-gen and next-gen solutions;
* How organizations have improved security and cut costs through e-mail encryption.

Janacek has over 20 years of security and software design experience, and is the architect and original developer of DataMotion's email encryption and managed file transfer system. In his role as CTO at DataMotion he is responsible for keeping DataMotion technology on the cutting edge. He works extensively with customers to ensure DataMotion products bring them a strategic advantage as well as being easy to use and manage. In 1999 he co-founded DataMotion, and in 2004 he received a fundamental ease-of-use patent for 'dynamic creation of recipient accounts upon receiving a message.

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