Blog

Blog

All about POPIA compliance: South Africa’s new data privacy law – and what it means for you

South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has finally come into force. That’s good news for South African citizens and residents, since the legislation’s aim is to protect their personally identifiable information (PII) after it’s collected by public and private entities in the country. But what does the new law mean for South African organizations who...
Blog

Fortra’s Data Classification Suite for Outlook on the web built on the Office Add-in platform

Image Fortra’s Data Classification Suite for Microsoft Outlook on the web is a security and governance add-in that enables organizations to ensure consistent and prudent handling of Outlook emails in real time. Fortra’s Data Classification Suite helps Outlook on the web users: Identify and classify emails based on data sensitivity ...
Blog

Meet the latest EPMS requirements — and boost your data security strategy

Have you updated your agency to the Email Protective Marking Standard (EPMS) version 2018.2? As you likely know, changes to the standard went into effect 1 January 2019. Since the last iteration was released in 2010, the EPMS standard has been amended. The changes include updates to the range of security classifications, changes to specific markings and caveat types, as well...
Blog

Better Together – Microsoft AIP and Fortra's Data Classifier

Following on from our first post of the series, What is AIP?, this week we look at how AIP is better when paired with Fortra's Data Classifier, and the business value you will get from this partnership. In the world of enterprise data protection and data classification, the requirement for flexible solutions combining best-of-breed functionality with sophisticated policy...
Blog

Enhancing Microsoft AIP: What is AIP?

Microsoft Azure Information Protection (AIP) provides a data security infrastructure across Microsoft applications, as part of the MS Azure subscription package. AIP is a cloud-based solution which allows you to classify and label Office files and Outlook emails, which in turn drives Microsoft Azure Rights Management (RMS). The underlying aim of AIP is to help organizations...