Securing Board Communications

All boards of directors distribute sensitive information amongst themselves, to senior executives and to external agencies, information that must be kept from prying eyes.  That may be financial results, M&A activities, legal documents, draft plans and compensation matters.  Too often, these are sent via email that may be intercepted, decrypted, stored insecurely and read by unauthorized persons. That could put the reputation and even the viability of the company at risk. To address the need to keep electronic documents and communications confidential at board level, elastictime as developed elasticBoard.

"We are moving beyond perimeter-focused IT security to a model focused on the protection of information, business processes, and business partner relationships in the dynamic and distributed enterprise environment. This is a significant challenge because information is mobile as it moves through today’s complex business environment — what used to be centrally stored and secured on a mainframe or in a file cabinet is easily replicated in countless documents and business relationships. The pressure of increased regulations mandates that organizations protect specific information (e.g., personal, accounting/financial) throughout the distributed enterprise."  Michael Rasmussen, Analyst, Forrester Research.

Read how boards can tackle some of the new challenges to keeping information flowing within their group securely, without the use of email or web sites specifically designed for boards, in a whitepaper on securing board communications.  

A new whitepaper describes the threat posed to information security by malicious insiders.