User Driven Classification for Microsoft Outlook Web Access

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Many organizations allow their employees to access email from remote locations through web browsers in addition to their regular desktop access. While convenient for users, mobile access can make organizations more vulnerable to data leakage. The first step in solving this challenge is to classify email at the time of creation, enabling organizations to identify the information value and manage the content appropriately.

TITUS Message Classification for Outlook Web Access brings the familiar features of TITUS Message Classification for Outlook to the OWA environment, enabling consistent security practices and policies whether users are at their desktop or using a web browser. The solution ensures the classification of all OWA messages, and enforces policy based on the message classification.

Key Benefits

Raise Awareness

• Prompts users to tag OWA email with a business value
• Clearly identifies sensitive information with visual markings

Prevent Data Loss

• Ensures internal information does not leak to external recipients
• Restricts the type of information that users can view over OWA
• Simplify protection of sensitive information with S/MIME encryption

Comply with Regulations

• Applies protective markings that meet regulatory marking standards
• Improves e-Discovery and archiving through the use of metadata
• Enable consistent and familiar email security policies for both desktop and web browsers

Features

Key Features	Benefits
Classification Selector	Prompts users to classify all email and tasks, enabling organizations to enforce their classification policies in a simple, non-intrusive way.
Label Marker	Applies visual markings in the email subject line and message body to clearly identify the sensitivity of the information.
Metadata Generator	Creates metadata that can be used to enhance archiving, data loss prevention (DLP), and perimeter security solutions.
Policy Verifier	Inspects the email for policy violations before the message leaves the desktop, and provides instant feedback so that the sender can correct any problems.
Security Enabler	Adds an extra layer of security by automatically encrypting or signing sensitive email. This optional feature requires S/MIME certificates.
OWA Prevent	Prevents users from viewing confidential or sensitive messages, or email with attachments, when using OWA.

 

The classification properties assigned by TITUS Message Classification for Outlook Web Access are fully interoperable with the properties assigned by TITUS Message Classification for Outlook. This ensures that classifications in OWA client messages are recognized in the Outlook client and vice versa.

Message Classification for Outlook Web Access supports Microsoft Exchange Server® 2007, and 2010.

Outgoing message with classification labels

Incoming message with classification labels

Instant policy feedback to help stop email slips