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IMAuditor™

The Industry Standard for Security, Management and Compliance of IM

About FaceTime IMAuditor

IMAuditor addresses the security, management and compliance needs of financial services, energy, healthcare, and other firms that must enforce corporate messaging standards and adhere to government regulations that require all electronic communications, including IM, be properly managed and archived for compliance purposes.

IMAuditor is the industry standard solution used by the world's largest firms to secure and regulate the use of instant messaging (IM) and ensure IM communications comply with corporate policy and government regulations.

The Emergence of Instant Messaging for Business

IM, particularly in industries that rely on lightning fast communication and instant information, has experienced tremendous growth, becoming the fastest growing electronic communications medium in history.

Enterprise IM (EIM) products, public IM (PIM) services, and industry-focused IM communities all provide the ability for employees to communicate with one another as well as with customers, partners, and others external to the corporate network. While businesses are adopting IM with increased confidence, its growing use is causing compliance and technology management challenges for large organizations, especially those subject to government regulations.

Liability Risks of IM in the Enterprise

Firms in financial services, healthcare, and other industries must comply with detailed regulations that require all correspondence--including electronic communications such as email and IM--be captured and stored for auditing purposes. Rules such as SEC 17a-3 and 17a-4, NASD 3010 and 3110, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm Leach Bliley Act, and HIPAA define these regulations.

With the increased use of IM for critical real-time business communications, Compliance Officers, Security Officers, HR departments and IT managers can no longer disregard the use of IM. They need controls in place to protect the network from malicious threats, prevent loss of confidential information and intellectual property, enforce corporate HR policy and monitor and archive conversations for regulatory compliance. Furthermore, despite the efforts by many companies to standardize on an enterprise IM client, employees continue the dangerous practice of downloading and using freely available consumer IM clients and P2P applications. Implementing a comprehensive IM management solution is a necessity.