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Application 1 Time Sensitive Information Announcement |
 All publicly traded companies are required to make their financial performance results available simultaneously to all recipients. This is difficult because companies have quarterly earnings announcement calls with analysts and investors at a particular time and the attendees want information in written form at the time of the announcement. AirZip FileSECURE permits the company to send the information to everyone prior to the release time protected to prevent viewing until the release time. Recipients can verify that they have the files but can’t view the information. When the server clock reaches the required time, everyone is permitted to view the files.
Many comparable situations exist for timely release of information, such as product announcements, press releases, organization changes, policy changes, etc.
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Application 2 Secure Delivery & Tracking of Recipients of Information |
| An investment bank could use AirZip FileSECURE to protect research information from inappropriate disclosure. NASD regulation 2711 requires that the bank’s compliance organization is to monitor communications of their research. AirZip FileSECURE can enable this monitoring to be accomplished effectively. Any form of information can be handled. Another great example is delivery of software. The executable files of software can be delivered securely and confirmed to be received. |
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Application 3 Enable Review of Information for Limited Time w/o Loss |
| Success in the pharmaceutical industry is determined primarily by the rate of discovery of new compounds that form the basis of new drugs. Industry players spend billions of dollars per year on this long cycle time research. Frequently partner companies collaborate in the development process. And trials of products are often outsourced requiring the exchange of information. AirZip FileSECURE can be of very significant value in the reduction of loss of valuable information at each of these stages. |
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Application 4 Efficient and Confidential Consumer Info Management |
| Efficient information flow and confidentiality of information are crucial in the financial services industry. Currently personal financial information is collected on paper forms and transmitted by FAX or other media with low security. For example, automobile dealers normally record credit applications on paper forms and FAX these to banks and credit agencies for approval. New regulations are driving the elimination of those practices and the implementation of new methods using AirZip FileSECURE. Financial institutions recognize the benefits from securing and monitoring information communications using AirZip persistent security. |
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Application 5 Increased Security for Document Management Systems |
| Document management systems include security protection for the files within the system. However, when the file leaves the system all protection is lost. A good opportunity is selling FileSECURE to customers who have already implemented a document management system but who need persistent protection. Many of these systems have been put in place to manage large volumes of files that are scanned images of the old paper files that the system has replaced. FileSECURE can compress the files as well as protect them. This makes the file access by remote devices on slow speed likes effective. Police access of personal information on suspects from computers in cars is an example application. Access to images of checks, receipts, and financial records is another great application. |
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Application 6 Support Sale of Research Reports and Analysis |
| Companies who prepare information for sale currently lose significant sales due to the copying and distribution of the information to people who have not paid for use. Market research reports and competitive analysis reports often sell for more than $2000 per copy. With AirZip FileSECURE, the company who prepares the report could make it available to a customer in view only form. The customer could read the information but could not send it to others. The sale could be for reading for a limited period of time with a higher price for longer use. This would permit the company preparing the information to sell short term use for a lower price, thus increasing the market size and increasing the total potential profits. |
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Application 7 Shipping and Transportation Documentation Protection |
| Importers and exporters around the world are under more pressure than ever to comply with fast-changing trade regulations. Increased reliance on global sourcing, internationalization of trade, added legal responsibilities and heightened awareness around trade security are factors forcing corporations to automate their cross-border trade processes. This pressure to automate creates vulnerability to loss of information and the corresponding risk of loss of valuable cargo due to theft or terrorist activities across the global supply chain. Today, documentation is frequently transmitted physically using couriers to avoid risks of use of email. But current methods are far more costly and time consuming than that achievable with electronic file transfer. Implementation of AirZip FileSECURE can be shown to significantly reduce costs and also increase revenues. It can also be shown to support compliance with the requirements of various governments such as the US customs and government initiatives - C-TPAT/CSI/24 hour rule/OSC/SST. |
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Application 8 High Value Special Banking Customers |
| Banks have special relationships with selected special customers. Frequently banks and these special customers need to keep all communications very secure; seen by a very limited set of people. And the customers need assurance that only approved people in the bank see the information and also that certain information is eliminated after use. AirZip FileSECURE features are ideal for communications in such a relationship. The efficiency and accuracy of electronic communications can be utilized without the current high risk of loss or unauthorized use of information. Communications with confidence that the information is used only as the customer demands is vital to these business relationships and AirZip FileSECURE can help the bank meet that demand. |
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Application 9 File Retention and Executive Team Communications |
The efficient performance of an executive team depends on open communications between team members. However, executive teams are finding that use of email or file transfer with candid and open communications on corporate performance or issues is a high risk today due to risk of misuse of or improper access to the information. With AirZip FileSECURE files of information can be shared for viewing of the team with confidence that only the team members will see the information. And after use, all copies of the file can be made unusable.
Any files protected by AirZip can be made totally unavailable for access using FileSECURE's ability to erase all passwords and permissions. Thus, corporate information retention policies can be automatically and globally implemented for FileSECURE protected files. Today, many companies spend significant expenses in erasing records from tapes and disks; and often such erasing does not completely eliminate future access to the information. And copies on individual computers are not found to be erased. With FileSECURE all protected copies are made inaccessible no mater where they are.
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Application 10 Version Control |
| Policies and Procedures (Commercial, Finance, Human Resources, Quality, etc.), price lists, bug lists, and special offers are issued as a particular release or version. Insuring that people are using the proper version is a big challenge. Using a copy of an old version can not only cost money but can also cost lives in the case of public safety procedures that need coordinated implementation. AirZip FileSECURE permits files to be expired when a new version is released and uses to be tracked. This enables the authority responsible for the file to be confident that all the proper people have received the new version, that they have opened it, and that they are not using the old version. |
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