Essential Security Software Advances; Taceo Email Security for Small Business Taceo Now Provides Greater Usability and Increases Performance.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Essential Security Software, a provider of email and document security solutions for small business, and a member of the Microsoft SecureIT Alliance, today announced enhancements to Essential Taceo(TM) aimed at improving usability, performance and delivering tighter integration with Microsoft(R) Outlook(R). Essential Taceo provides several new enhancements focused on usability, most visibly Easy Install and Weblink Activation. Taceo's new Easy Install offers a streamlined installation and registration process that quickly creates new accounts. Taceo also includes Weblink Activation to more seamlessly operate with user's existing firewall solutions. Further enhancements to Taceo include Always Active Integration within Microsoft Outlook's toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the , enabling instant access to Taceo's secure email features without having to open Taceo's main application. Taceo performance enhancements include a faster startup time and Corporate Level Activation which allows operation on limited or power user Windows accounts, enabling automated rollout of Taceo within a corporate environment. In addition, Taceo has improved its file check efficiency in importing renderable and non-renderable files. Upon installation of Taceo 1.4, users will be automatically notified via Auto Web Update when free updates become available for download. Future Taceo enhancements include support for email threading, tighter default integration within Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook , and faster viewing access to Taceo protected content. "The I.T. related complexities of legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, must be addressed by companies of every size," says Dr. William Osgood, co-founder of BUZGate and president of the Knowledge Institute. "Taceo helps small businesses maintain security and regulation compliance in a business world where lack of corrective action A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or can result in fines, jail time, or worse." Easy-to-Use, Flexible Control Taceo gives content authors the power to determine how recipients may use their email and documents. One-click content control and integration with Microsoft Outlook enables users to quickly send protected email without disrupting workflow. Over 30 common file types may be dragged and dropped into Taceo, to apply Digital Rights Management (DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M ) controls that set timing rights or prevent forwarding, editing, printing. In addition, users can set expiration times Expiration time The time of day by which all exercise notices must be received on the expiration date. Technically, the expiration time is currently 11:59AM on the expiration date, but public holders of option contracts must indicate their desire to exercise no later than 5:30PM on and dates on email and documents, as well as set usage permissions that evolve with time. Taceo includes strong encryption An encryption method that uses a very large number as its cryptographic key. The larger the key, the longer it takes to unlawfully break the code. Today, 256 bits is considered strong encryption. As computers become faster, the length of the key must be increased. with 1024bit RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. asymmetric encryption See public key cryptography. , 192bit 3-DES encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. and digital signatures that can be applied to any file type. Taceo's persistent security and control remains throughout the life-cycle of the email or document including while in storage, transit, and after it has arrived on the recipient's desktop. Pricing and Availability Taceo comes as a free download that allows users to send and view Taceo encrypted email with limited DRM authoring capabilities. Purchase can be made at any time for $34.95 (U.S.) per single annual user license for full feature capabilities, allowing protection to any size document and email. Users are automatically notified of updates via Taceo's Auto Web Update application. Taceo is available immediately at www.essentialsecurity.com. About Essential Security Software Essential Security Software (ESS (1) (Electronic Switching System) A large-scale computer from Lucent used to route telephone calls in a telephone company office. The 5ESS is a Class 5 central office switch, and the 4ESS is a Class 4 tandem office switch. ), a provider of document and email security solutions, delivers business tools that enable small business owners and individuals to securely distribute sensitive email messages and documents while protecting the privacy, integrity and authenticity of the content. Founded in September 2003 and headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., ESS believes that people have the right to affordable security technology that is powerful, flexible and easy-to-use. ESS provides robust software security solutions that enrich people's lives by leveraging the full power of computing technologies. More information is available at http://www.essentialsecurity.com. Taceo is a trademark of Essential Security Software. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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