The award honors the public sector in advances and innovation made in data security
Toronto, Ontario, June 1, 2009 - Echoworx Corporation a leading provider of email and data encryption for enterprises, today announced that Encrypted Documents, which is white labeled by BT as BT Secure Files, has been honored with the GC Award in the category of Data Security. The GC Awards recognize projects that have provided notable advances in the cause of protecting public data. BT Secure Files is part of the BT Managed Secure Documents portfolio which comes under BT Global Services Business Continuity.
The Data Security Award was given to the Northern Ireland Delivery and Innovation Division (NI DID) for the implementation and use of BT Secure Files. The Delivery and Innovation Division (DID) within the Department of Finance and Personnel was established in 2007 to provide a range of specialist business services to the Northern Ireland Civil Service. It provides strategic direction and leadership on the application of modern technology, and is tasked with transforming public service delivery through innovation.
“We are very pleased to be honored with this prestigious award,” said Michael Ginsberg, President and CEO of Echoworx. “Our team has developed a world class end point encryption solution that is suited for companies that must take action to safeguard their data at rest, whether it’s on a network drive, laptop or USB key. We will continue to work closely with our channel partners and their customers to always ensure we are ahead of the curve in meeting their technical and business requirements.”
About Encrypted Documents
Encrypted Documents is a data encryption application that allows businesses to easily and cost effectively protect sensitive information stored on local drives, removable drives (e.g. USB keys) and shared network drives. Whether it’s enabling workgroups to securely share documents on an internal file server or protecting sensitive information stored on a laptop, Encrypted Documents can help establish a data privacy best practice, minimize the risk of a costly data breach and enable compliance with government laws and industry regulations. Encrypted Documents allows businesses to manage and monitor the way that sensitive data is stored in their IT infrastructure. Data in an Encrypted Documents file or folder is encrypted so that only the owners of the data have access and assign access to the information.
For more information about Echoworx Policy-based Encrypted Documents, visithttp://www.echoworx.com/products/ or call 1-888-697-3246.
About Echoworx
Echoworx is a provider of security solutions for enhancing privacy and trust in digital communications. Echoworx privacy applications leverage the power of Echoworx Encryption Services (EES) platform, which is hosted at Secure Data Centers. All data is encrypted using industry trusted standard PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and S/MIME technologies for strong encryption and digital signatures, relying on standard X.509 certificates. Echoworx data privacy applications include: Encrypted Mail, Policy-based Encryption Gateway, Encrypted Documents, Encrypted Document Presentment, and Encrypted Message eXchange. Echoworx products are currently offered by leading communication providers that include: AT&T, BT, LogicaCMG, Telus, and Verizon.
For more information:
Chris Erickson
Echoworx Corporation
+1-416-226-8607