Article Summary
Despite the fact that this article is dated it still represents what many businesses one would not generally associate with sensitive information. 7-11 began using email to negotiate with external vendors and needed a way to protect this sensitive corporate information from potential hackers. 7-11 made the decision to go with ZixIT which allows users to encrypt and digitally sign emails sent. The company made the decision based on several key factors. The first obviously being the need to secure email communications and the second was the low cost associated with the service. The ZixIT service only cost $1 per user per month. The article indicates that about 1,000 users would be using the service after full implementation which is a very low cost to a company as large as 7-11. The third reason for choosing ZixIT was because it "automatically compresses files so they fall under the size limit imposed by 7-Eleven's firewall, and it scan e-mail and attachments for viruses".
ZixIt provides a system that is not software intensive and much more cost effective than its alternatives back in 2000. Because of this and the growth in email communication with sensitive information the company expected to grow at a fast pace. Some of the companies that enacted programs such as this early on most likely saved large amounts of money that would have been lost to pirated information or lawsuits.
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