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Safe and Supervised Communication in Educational Environments 

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In the ever-evolving landscape of education, ensuring a secure, compliant, and productive environment is paramount for educational institutions. SphereShield is a robust suite of solutions designed to uphold stringent compliance standards while fostering effective communication within educational settings.  

Flexible Communication Policies tailored for Education, with varying communication needs across departments, grade levels, and administrative units, flexible policies empower educational institutes to customize communication rules. This enables adaptability while adhering to compliance requirements, ensuring a seamless yet controlled information flow. 

Let’s explore how each aspect of SphereShield can empower educational institutes: 

Ethical Wall: Fostering Safe Interaction 

Educational institutes deal with sensitive information and diverse user groups. An Ethical Wall ensures controlled interaction among students, teachers, and administrative staff, maintaining confidentiality and preventing unauthorized actions. It creates a safe digital space for collaboration while complying with government privacy regulations. 

Real-Time Content control: Anti-harassment and safe content  

In an educational setting, preventing data leakage is crucial. Sphereshield’s real-time DLP actively inspects content, preventing sensitive data, such as student records or research findings, from being shared inappropriately. Integration with leading DLP vendors ensures comprehensive coverage and adherence to government-mandated data protection regulations. 

Archive & eDiscovery: Effortless Compliance Management- Visible for Teachers/parents 

Maintaining a comprehensive repository of communications is vital for compliance audits and investigations. SphereShield allows educational institutes to effortlessly archive communication data, facilitating easy retrieval based on various parameters. This ensures readiness for regulatory compliance checks and eases the process of providing information for legal or investigative purposes. 

Recording AI Compliance Analysis: Enhancing Educational Governance 

Meetings and classes are integral parts of educational institutions. Recording AI compliance analysis in SphereShield enables institutions to store and analyze meeting transcripts, ensuring adherence to government educational standards. This feature also allows for easy search and retrieval of meetings based on content, aiding in reviewing educational content or teacher-student interactions. 

SphereShield isn’t just a solution; it’s a comprehensive shield that fortifies educational institutes against compliance challenges while enabling smooth and secure communication. With its suite of features tailored for educational governance, it stands as a reliable partner in upholding government-grade compliance standards within the dynamic world of education. 

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Webex Security Essentials: Protecting Data and Ensuring Compliance

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Communication and collaboration platforms like Webex play a pivotal role in business operations, ensuring robust security and compliance measures is paramount. Companies worldwide are seeking solutions that not only bolster security but also streamline compliance adherence without hindering productivity. Enter SphereShield for Webex—a comprehensive solution designed to tackle the intricate requirements of Compliance, Governance, Data Protection, and Security while maintaining seamless productivity. 

Real-time Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 

One of the standout features of SphereShield is its real-time Data Loss Prevention capabilities. It empowers organizations to scrutinize content—be it files or messages—flowing through Webex in real time. Leveraging the AGAT DLP engine or integrating seamlessly with leading DLP vendors, SphereShield allows the retention of existing policies. Moreover, it efficiently links potential incidents to eDiscovery, facilitating a comprehensive review of conversation contexts for prompt action. 

Ethical Wall Implementation 

Maintaining control and establishing boundaries within communication channels is critical. SphereShield addresses this through its Ethical Wall feature, which enables the blocking of communication between users while offering granular control over user activities like desktop sharing and file transfers. The platform allows for the creation of communication policies based on various parameters such as user groups, domains, conversation types (Channels/Chats), and scopes (internal/external). This level of control ensures a secure and compliant communication environment without impeding necessary collaboration. 

Extended eDiscovery Capabilities 

SphereShield further extends its functionality through enhanced eDiscovery capabilities. It facilitates seamless archiving of data, whether on the cloud or on-site, enabling users to effortlessly search and export communications based on specific parameters like user, time, channel, and text. What’s more, this solution integrates seamlessly with existing on-site eDiscovery and archiving solutions, offering a cohesive approach to data management and compliance. 

The integration of SphereShield for Webex serves as a proactive step towards fortifying security and compliance measures without disrupting the day-to-day operations of businesses. It not only mitigates risks associated with data breaches and non-compliance but also empowers organizations with tools to efficiently manage and monitor communications. 

In a digital landscape riddled with evolving threats and regulatory requirements, SphereShield stands as a robust ally, offering a multifaceted approach to Webex security. By combining real-time DLP, Ethical Wall implementation, and extended eDiscovery capabilities, it elevates Webex’s capabilities to meet the rigorous standards of modern cybersecurity and regulatory compliance. 

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In conclusion, SphereShield for Webex is a testament to innovation in the realm of collaboration platform security. It doesn’t just provide a shield—it fosters an environment where security, compliance, and productivity coexist harmoniously, safeguarding sensitive information while facilitating seamless collaboration. 

The need of the hour for businesses is a solution that not only fortifies security but also aligns with compliance mandates. SphereShield for Webex emerges as that comprehensive solution—a guardian of communication integrity and a beacon of compliance in the digital age. 

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Archiving data for US regulations while complying with GDPR

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Financial institutions globally must comply with their local regulatory framework. In the European Union they must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), while companies in the US must adhere to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regulations.

The regulatory landscape poses a unique challenge for their archiving solutions of main vendors such as Global Relay and Smarsh. Being based in the United States, they are obligated to adhere to U.S. regulations requiring the archiving of all financial data. However, the GDPR prohibits non-European countries from accessing European data.

In this blog post, we’ll break down these difficulties and present AGAT’s effective solution to address the problem.

US vs. GDPR Data Archiving Requirements

In the United States, financial institutions have a responsibility to be transparent and accountable by saving electronic data. This ensures a reliable financial system that protects investors and follows regulations like those set by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

At the same time, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) created by the European Union (EU) aims to safeguard personal data. It focuses on privacy and security in our interconnected world. GDPR empowers individuals to control their personal information and sets strict rules for its use, storage, and sharing.

The Challenge of Archiving EU Data

Complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can pose complexities for these US vendors as it requires storing data exclusively within the EU or in jurisdictions that provide adequate data protection levels.

A significant development was the invalidation of the EU/US Privacy Shield by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Facebook Ireland v Schrems (Schrems II) case. This highlighted the divergence in data protection approaches between the US and the EU, potentially exposing EU personal data to inadequate protection due to potential US government access.

The problem is generated when companies that have both American and European branches, like banks, investment funds or insurance companies, archive their data on popular platforms like Smarsh or Global Relay.

The nature of these companies being located in the US and thus, allowing non-european agents to have access to EU based sensitive data, signifies a violation of the GDPR data-privacy laws.

 The Solution: AGAT SphereShield’s Archive and eDiscovery for Microsoft Teams

AGAT offers a unique solution that surpasses the limitations of US vendors by providing an on-premise approach. 

With AGAT’s Archive and eDiscovery, data can be archived on local servers or VPS, which means that all the PII or other sensitive information stays within the borders of the GDPR jurisdiction.

As a result, European financial institutions or US companies with EU branches can achieve compliance with both US regulations and GDPR while maintaining full control over the data transfer process.

What is more, AGAT’s eDiscovery has the unique functions to search by both written and oral conversations through multiple parameters like participants, channels, text, dates and more.

 

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AGAT’s eDiscovery can be fully integrated with their DLP functionalities to avoid sensitive data being sent by text, files or even oral conversations

Conclusion

While many traditional archiving solutions fall short when addressing the needs of US companies having EU presence, AGAT steps in bringing an all encompassing on-premise solution that avoids the hefty fines of GDPR breaches.

Contact Us today to see how our innovative solution can streamline your data archiving process and ensure compliance with both US regulations and GDPR requirements.