ZixGateway Hosted Email Encryption
Low Cost, Policy Based Email Encryption with a cloud-based ZixGateway Appliance
Enterprise customers have always enjoyed the robust policy-based encryption of the ZixGateway appliance, and now Small Business customers can get the same advanced features and benefits of the ZixGateway without deploying an on-site appliance. Our Hosted ZixGateway is a dedicated, cloud-based solution that allows customers to scan messages with the industry-leading Zix lexicons for Heatlhcare, Finance, and State Privacy laws to detect sensitive content. The ZixGateway encrypts those messages using Zix's Best Method of DeliverySM, and sends the message to the recipient.
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It's Time to Reevaluate Your Email Encryption Solution:
Where is My Data Stored?
A common misconception about the ZixGateway is that your data will be stored with the hosting provider. In fact, each ZixGateway actually sends your messages directly to the ZixData CenterTM for your recipient to retrieve them. Your messages are stored in the same secure, redundant and SAS70 Type II ZixData Center that the FDIC, U.S. Treasury, the SEC and tens of millions of other Zix users trust for security and compliance.
Here's how it works:
- Your mail server sends all of your messages via a secure connection to the ZixGateway in the cloud.
- Using the included policies or keyword triggers that you specify, the ZixGateway decides which messages should be sent to the ZixData Center and which are safe to be delivered straight to your recipient unencrypted.
This is the same process that the on-premise ZixGateway uses, but at a much more affordable price for small businesses.
What Will My Recipients See?
One of the most valuable features of Zix Email Encryption is the Best Method of Delivery. The Zix Data Center determines on its own the best way to send the encrypted message based on the recipients' unique environment. Zix customers will get a message that their gateway or desktop software can decrypt, and will appear as a normal message in their inbox. Mobile users will get a notification message optimized for mobile devices. Desktop users will receive a notification message that their message is waiting at the ZixData Center and go through a short verification, with no software to install. To view this recipient experience, take a look at our 60-Minute demo here.
What are the Requirements to use the Hosted ZixGateway?
One of the benefits of the Hosted ZixGateway is the flexibility in deployment. Unlike desktop software that has specific system requirements, the ZixGateway can be used with almost any email setup, and there is no desktop software to install or manage.
There are two deployment methods:
- Configure your mail client to send to our ZixGateway in the Cloud.
If you are using only a desktop mail client, whether it's a Mac or PC, Outlook, Thunderbird, Lotus, or most other desktop and mobile mail clients, we can use the account settings to send mail to the ZixGateway.
If you are using a desktop mail client as well as webmail or a mobile device, we want to make sure that all these accounts sync together. We can add a dedicated, hosted secure email box for you to send a receive messages from that will sync across all the devices you use.
This won't change how you send and receive normal email. It's just adds encrypted mail into your daily routine.
- Configure you mail server to send to our ZixGateway in the Cloud.
If you are using Exchange, Hosted Exchange, or Google Apps we can route all your Outbound mail to your Hosted ZixGateway.
From there, we can either scan and encrypt for some of your users and let everyone else pass through untouched, or we can scan for everyone to make sure your meeting your compliance requirements.
If you are using hosted email from your ISP, web hosting provider, or some other type of on-premise email system, we'll want to assess your capabilities. Contact us here and we'll get started finding out if we can configure your mail server to send mail to your Hosted ZixGateway.
If your mail server doesn't have this forwarding capability, we have an excellent suite of hosted email products from Mail Protector. In most cases, you can purchase hosted email + hosted email encryption for LESS than the cost of adding ZixMail to your current hosted email network. We'll handle the migration, so your email doesn't miss a beat.