There are 2 main problems associated with
message exchange relevant to service
providers:
Ø
it
is insecure
Ø
it
is expensive and unsuitable
Messages currently exchanged through
expensive, traditional methods, such as courier
services, post or fax, are set to remain in these costly
channels because of a lack of secure exchange
mechanisms. Studies of the Norwegian market show that
companies could easily half their costs by changing from
manual/semi-manual message transmission to secure
electronic exchange.
In addition, the lack of security means
that complete electronic service provision remains
impossible unless one chooses to overlook security
problems and distribute sensitive material
electronically in clear text via the internet.
The latter problem leads to a considerable
risk of either breaching official requirements and
regulations or good business practice. The alternative
is that one tries to solve the security problem by
setting up unsuitable and costly security solutions
between each communicating part (such as private
networks).
This problem is worst within the e-mail
sector. There is an enormous volume of e-mail today as
“everyone” has it. Conservative estimates show that 35
billion e-mails are exchanged around the world every
month, with an increase of 30-40% over the last year.
Even if sensitive information only
accounted for one thousandth of this volume, we are
still talking about a huge exposure to
risk.
Professional vulnerability assessments are
carried out at the behest of companies and public
authorities around the world. All show that huge amounts
of sensitive information are being exchanged and that
official regulations and companies’ own policies for the
processing of confidential information are consistently
being breached.
Furthermore, the enormous scale of
unstructured message exchange, such as e-mail,
introduces a huge problem regarding efficiency, risk and
business control. The reason is obvious; each mailbox is
managed individually. Who has communicated what and to
whom is not accessible to the organisation unless the
individual himself ensures that information is
disseminated and archived correctly. As a rule, large
parts of the company’s communicated materials are beyond
the reach of the company’s control systems and
management. This paves the way for considerable costs
and risk in connection with information loss in the
decision-making processes.
Therefore, the innovation network – MESSAGE MANAGEMENT AS , is
established.
Therefore, we within these pages are proud to
present our Protectoria
service.