10 Top Tips To Secure Your Email

Follow these top tips to make sure your email is secure:

• 1. Make sure you have a documented and distributed email and security usage policy - and use it
• 2. Use a managed email security provider to scan your emails before they reach your organisation
• 3. Scan emails that go out, not just those that come in
• 4. Ensure your email is protected from all dangers, including viruses, spam, phishing attacks and spyware
• 5. Use a trusted email security provider
• 6. When switching provider make sure they have got you fully covered during the switch
• 7. Make sure your service provider offers exactly the cover that you need
• 8. One size doesn't fit all when it comes to security, so make sure the service they provide covers what you want.
• 9. Make sure there are no hidden costs; opt for monthly costs from a suitable provider.
• 10. Stay ahead of the game with efficient reports and monitoring from your provider.

Circle IT's hosted email solution automatically stores email securely offsite and lets your users access and search their archives as required.  It stores all incoming, outgoing and internal email for up to 10 years with no impact on your systems and therefore requiring no hardware or software on your part.

Our managed email service archiving is a cost-effective, easily implemented hosted service that lets your business eliminate the management challenges of mail storage, enabling you to implement data retention strategies for compliance and discovery.

About Circle IT

Since being founded in 2002, Cardiff-based Circle IT has experienced huge growth. Following a management buy-out by its top executives in 2005, it has become one of the major independent IT services companies in Wales with an unrivalled list of clients and partner accreditations including Microsoft Gold status.

Circle IT concentrate on technical excellence so that its clients can focus on running their core business functions with confidence. Delivering outstanding levels of service and support ensures that the experience its clients enjoy is as productive, cost-effective and uninterrupted as possible.