LightEdge E-mail Archival provides secure, off-site message archiving and long-term storage with online access. A tamperproof copy of all incoming, internal and outgoing electronic data, including email and attachments, instant messaging, e-fax, BlackBerry, Bloomberg, Reuters and any imported legacy email, is captured, replicated and unified in the Message Archiver. Simple web-based search and retrieval tools provide rapid access by compliance officers and employees to current and historical email records, even if the original has been deleted. The Compliance Reviewer provides real-time monitoring and audit tools for regulatory compliance and eDiscovery.
Business Benefits of E-mail Archival
- The assurance that you will never lose email!
- Rapid user access to email via any secure web browser at any time
- Full text indexing allowing keyword searches on email, headers & attachments
- Messages are serialized, time-date stamped
- Administrator-controlled access rights
- Seamlessly integrates with any email system, capturing incoming, internal & outgoing email, attachments
- Choice of online archive access rights:
- User access to their email
- User groups
- Company-wide access for Admin/Executives
- Exclusive individual login for each employee to securely access their email
- Migration of legacy data (.pst files, backup tapes) & to archive with new messages
Technical Features of E-mail Archival
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model
- No software or hardware required
- Seamless implementation within hours
- Archive supports all mail platforms (Exchange, Notes, Unix, SMTP)
- National Security Agency (NSA) level encryption for highest protection of messages
- Filters can be set to display or ignore spam
- Indexes & serializes messages, Bcc & Distribution Lists, metadata & audit trails
- Complete lifecycle management with ability to define retention and disposal periods
- Messages are instantly available online or can be written to CD, DVD, WORM
- Web-based Control Center enables firm Administrator to self-manage its Users
Regulatory Compliance Features of E-mail Archival
- User-defined email folders for management & litigation purposes, with export to CD
- Ensures authenticity of email records with auditable & evidentiary-quality copies
- Efficiently meet internal, corporate governance, subpoena & discovery requests
- Meets compliance, audit, and litigation rules (SEC, FINRA, FRCP, SOX, privacy)
- Tamperproof WORM back-up with write-verification ensures message authenticity
- Audit tools for policy enforcement
- Advanced dual encryption to ensure privacy, confidentiality and non-disclosure
- Legal case management & eDiscovery tools
- Email records are indexed and authenticated through write-verification
- Full text indexing for searches and full audit trails & tracking reports on email history
- Complete lifecycle management with defined retention and disposal periods
- Provides independent access to SEC mandated third party downloader
- Messages are readily available on regulator-qualified media (typically, delivery of DVD containing an index and serialized email in a readable format)