Monday, January 14, 2008

Three of four wary of email integrity

UK businesses hope they will not be called before the court to share email evidence. They are simply <A HREF="http://www.prweb.com//releases/cryoserver/UKcompliancesurvey/prweb621821.htm">not confident of their email integrity.</A> The news comes from an independent survey by market research company Vanson Bourne who surveyed IT decision makers in the financial services, manufacturing, retail, distribution, transport, utility and other markets in organizations across the UK. Respondents to the survey commissioned by Forensic & Compliance Systems, maker of the Cryoserver email archiving and compliance appliance, reported that nearly half (44%) could not prove whether their email had been changed or tampered. Over a third (35%) simply did not know whether any changes had occurred to their email.

The results lead to the staggering conclusion that more than three of every four UK businesses might not be able to rely on email as legal evidence, for example in cases of unlawful dismissal or harassment.

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