CipherTrust Supports Signing of the Georgia Slam Spam E-Mail Act by Governor Sonny Perdue; Combination of New Legislation with Technology and Education Will Better Protect Georgia Residents and Businesses from Spam.ATLANTA -- CipherTrust, Inc., the leader in messaging security, today announced its support of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue's signing of The Georgia Slam Spam E-mail Act (SB62). The Georgia Slam Spam E-mail Act will allow any Georgia e-mail service See Internet e-mail service. provider and domain owner to bring legal action against a spammer. The legislation will work in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with the federal CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003) A U.S. statute effective January 1, 2004 that allows spammers to be fined up to $6 million. Act of 2003 that went into effect last year. "I'm proud to sign my Slam Spam legislation into law today. Thanks to overwhelming bipartisan support, we will be able to prosecute people who send fraudulent and deceptive e-mail messages. I appreciate the leadership of Senator David Shafer David J. Shafer is a Georgia politician. He currently serves in the State Senate, representing portions of Fulton County and Gwinnett County in the suburbs north of Atlanta. Shafer is a Republican. and the support of private companies like CipherTrust on this important issue of consumer protection for the people of Georgia," said Governor Sonny Perdue George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. Upon his inauguration in January 2003, he became the first Republican governor of Georgia since Benjamin Conley at the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s. . This year, Georgia's State Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: "For the last several years, CipherTrust has been an outspoken advocate for criminalizing the propagation of e-mail borne threats such as spam, phishing attacks and spyware," said Steve Raber, CipherTrust president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "While many of Georgia's blue-chip companies use our IronMail appliance to protect their employees from these and other threats, combining enforceable legislation with user education will help all of Georgia's Internet users. CipherTrust commends the recent moves taken by the State Legislature, as well as the Governor's ongoing commitment to protecting and educating Georgia's online consumers." About CipherTrust, Inc. CipherTrust, Inc. is the leader in messaging security. Recognized by IDC as the market leader, the Company's award-winning IronMail appliance protects the messaging systems of more enterprise e-mail users than any other solution, including more than 30 percent of the Fortune 100. CipherTrust pioneered messaging security by uniquely combining the five critical e-mail security components of spam and fraud prevention, virus and worm protection, policy and content compliance, e-mail privacy The protection of electronic mail from unauthorized access and inspection is known as electronic privacy. In countries with a constitutional guarantee of the secrecy of correspondence, e-mail is equated with letters and thus legally protected from all forms of eavesdropping. , and intrusion prevention into a single easy to deploy and manage platform. The Company is backed by top tier investors including Battery Ventures and Greylock Partners. For more information about CipherTrust, please visit www.ciphertrust.com or call 877.448.8625. |
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