Google Launches Email Security Services

Google has decided to be in the news for all the right reasons unlike its rival Microsoft.

Last year Google acquired Postini which provided them the security services necessary for it to take on its rivals Microsoft, Cisco, and Symantec among others in the e-mail market.

Using its Postini acquisition, Google is offering security features for any e-mail system. These several new security products are part of its Google Apps platform which will be targeted at organizations that aren't using Gmail and other Web-hosted applications from Google.

The services will include message filtering with spam and malware filtering, message filtering plus enhanced virus detection, content policy management, and other support to stop e-mail data leaks and message discovery.

The message discovery adds one year of message data archiving, retention, and discovery to help companies act in accordance with legal and government regulatory compliance requirements

The message discovery holds special appeal to executives who are all the time worried about employees downloading copyrighted content and leaking confidential information in e-mails.

The packages are available online, directly from Google or through channel partners. The Google Apps Premier Edition, which includes Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Start Page for creating a home page, will include policy management and 90-day message discovery services.

Google has kept the rates of its services to a minimum. They range from $3- $25 per user per year.

How successful these security services are remains to be seen. Nevertheless I think I will buy this service to secure my email system.