If you work for a larger business or corporation, chances are your internet use, email, and maybe even your text messaging is monitored. Rules, regulations and ‘compliance monitoring’ seem to be the theme of the day, especially in secure industries. In fact, some regulations demand that electronic messages are archived and monitored at all times. To that end, I’ve been notified of a new software app for mobile devices called ‘TextGuard’.
Without getting into too much detail, here’s what the app can do:
TextGuard secures, manages and coordinates mobile communication and devices, providing archiving capabilities on a secured server remotely accessible by a Compliance Officer or authorized user. The software allows enterprises to monitor and log the SMS and Pin-To-Pin communications in and out of a corporation’s mobile device fleet. Search options include keywords, content, sender, and more, and can be customized for each corporation’s needs. TextGuard offers administrators the option of monitoring an employee’s communications, which prevents loss of corporate data when a mobile device is lost or stolen, or an employee is terminated.
At the moment, TextGuard supports BlackBerry and Win-Mo devices, with a new release coming next month to support the iPhone and Symbian platforms. Keep reading for a full press release after the jump, or head on over to textguard.com for more info.
TextGuardT Announces Compliance Solution for Enterprises Using Mobile Device Communications
Text monitoring and archiving software enables businesses to supervise all of employees’ SMS and Pin-To-Pin conversations as required by current regulations
New York, NY – TextGuard, Inc, (www.textguard.com) today announces TextGuard For Blackberry and TextGuard For Windows Mobile, a software application for mobile devices that monitors and archives text conversations within an organization. TextGuard secures, manages and coordinates mobile communication and devices, providing archiving capabilities on a secured server remotely accessible by a Compliance Officer or authorized user.
Over the past several years, electronic communication compliance monitoring has become mandatory in financial, banking, healthcare, and other secure sectors. Regulators such as the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission), FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), FSA (Financial Services Authority), and laws such as HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) now require a form of electronic message archiving and monitoring for corporations in these industries.
“With the increase in E-Discovery and E-Communication monitoring and the interpretation of the recent messaging regulations, corporations in the affected sectors must implement secure message monitoring and archiving solutions,” said Todd Cohan, Founder of TextGuard. “TextGuard offers businesses just that – a simple, secure and effective way to keep track of a company’s mobile device activity so that they are compliant with all regulations.”
TextGuard is a comprehensive sensitive information security solution available for electronic communication compliance regulated industries. The software allows enterprises to monitor and log the SMS and Pin-To-Pin communications in and out of a corporation’s mobile device fleet. The archiving capability allows all messages to be archived, and enables the
authorized user to access and search the messaging archives from anywhere in the world via a secured platform. Search options include keywords, content, sender, and more, and can be customized for each corporation’s needs. TextGuard offers administrators the option of monitoring an employee’s communications, which prevents loss of corporate data when a mobile device is lost or stolen, or an employee is terminated.
TextGuard has two components: a server component and a client component. The client component is installed on the individual mobile device, whereas the server program is either a hosted solution (SAAS), or can be installed on corporate premises. The software applies an overall enterprise-wide information security regimen to all the smartphones in the organization, as well as applies control to the smartphone device itself. TextGuard provides encryption service for the logs being transmitted from the device to the secured TextGuard server. Messages use 128bit encryption from the device to the TextGuard Web application.
TextGuard currently supports RIM Blackberry and Windows Mobile, and the 3.2 release in August will include both the iPhone and Symbian platforms. The Mobile Compliance Solution is designed to work with any mobile carrier and soon all major mobile device manufacturers. Pricing is on a tiered model, dependent on the number of devices being monitored. To learn more about TextGuard, please visit www.textguard.com.