Understanding the Need for Secure Mail Access
Electronic mail systems were originally designed without a great deal of security in mind,
and were essentially a convenient way to send messages from one system to another
through a common medium. Eventually, however, messaging systems become a common
target for hacking and exploit attempts, and organizations were forced to make a decision
between opening up a messaging system to increased security threats, or closing it down
and sacrificing the increased productivity that remote access could provide them.
Some of the original designs for allowing access did not necessarily take security in mind,
and they subsequently suffered from security breaches and attacks. During the time that
messaging was not of large consequence, this may have been brushed off, but modern
communications require a high degree of confidentiality and accountability, which these
platforms did not provide. Indeed, auditors and governmental regulations such as HIPAA,
Sarbanes-Oxley, and others stipulated that these methods of remote access be secured or
shut down, which many were, greatly affecting productivity.
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