Investing in software as a service (SaaS) can provide plenty of different benefits for businesses, ranging from the practical to the financial. When it comes to e-mail, security is certainly one of the most important concerns. As such, using SaaS for e-mail security is seen as desirable by those in the know.
E-mail is still used by millions of people to send billions of messages and although other forms of communication have emerged, enterprise users will still end up sending messages via this type of service on a regular basis.
What is more, an e-mail can contain more sensitive data than almost any other messaging format because both the text and the use of attached files, combined with the convenience of using such a service, makes it ripe for data loss and theft.
A multi-pronged approach to e-mail security is required and SaaS can help to deliver it, backed up by the power and flexibility of the cloud to provide wide-ranging protection for all your digital business communications.
So, what are the major benefits of SaaS for e-mail security and why might your business want to harness this solution?
Malware Prevention:
Damaging software can easily be delivered to devices via e-mail, with scammers using surprisingly sophisticated techniques in order to dupe recipients into opening malicious messages. This can open a back door to your enterprise systems and put you in a compromising position.
The best way to prevent this is to actually filter out all of the spam e-mails and harmful programs, which target your business e-mail infrastructure, by using dedicated monitoring software. This means that legitimate messages will still be able to get through, but users will be saved the hassle of having to manually identify malware and avoid its unwanted consequences.
Management:
Because e-mail security provided by SaaS is hosted remotely, you will be able to monitor and manage your entire messaging infrastructure with ease and also avoid overburdening your internal systems with the task of analysis.
This means that members of your staff who deal with the administration of the e-mail infrastructure can get on with their jobs with a greater degree of flexibility and also avoid having to handle the less productive areas of security provision.
Encryption:
As well as keeping your inbox free from nasty surprises, you will want to ensure that the messages you send to (and receive from) colleagues and clients are secure. SaaS can offer impressive encryption for e-mail so that messages are only available to the proper recipient. This is also something that can help to protect against data loss, which means that even if your data ends up in the wrong hands it cannot be accessed or decrypted.
Encryption can be scaled to suit your requirements so that different e-mails from different accounts are treated with the appropriate levels of security.
Cost:
Like most cloud-based products, one of the key benefits of SaaS for e-mail security is that you will be able to access a highly capable product without necessitating the integration of on-premises infrastructural elements that would usually be required for its operation.
This means that there are lower costs for maintenance and no need to worry about if or when you will need to deal with costly upgrades to hardware or software further down the line.
Security is not an issue to be taken lightly, particularly when it comes to e-mails, but with SaaS on your side, you will find that it is easier and more affordable than ever to protect your business from any and all threats.
You just need to choose a provider that will live up to expectations and work with your business to ensure total security.