With the increased use of real-time communications applications and Social Networks in the workplace comes the associated risks and challenges of protecting and archiving sensitive company information. Mandated measures for monitoring and protecting proprietary and confidential information that once just applied to email now apply to all types of communications applications, including public instant messaging networks, unified communications platforms, professional communities, chat capabilities associated with Skype, Facebook and web conferencing, and content posted to social networks, Twitter, and blogs.

Also, e-Discovery legislation that went into effect December 1, 2006 requires organizations to keep track of these and other electronic records and be able to produce "electronically stored information" as part of the litigation discovery process. All this necessitates a comprehensive solution to meet regulatory compliance and e-Discovery for instant messaging and unified communications platforms.

Challenges associated with information sharing occur throughout the enterprise, but real-time communications, Web applications and social networks pose a unique set of challenges, since many of these applications operate largely out of the sight - and thus the control - of IT departments. Logging and archiving, unauthorized use, circumvention, and network security risk are just a few of the issues compliance personnel must be aware of. Adding to the complexity and urgency to meet these requirements, government agencies are cracking down and imposing harsh financial penalties on those that do not comply with regulations.

Learn more about the compliance requirements for different industries.

Even companies in non-regulated industries are adopting corporate compliance standards as best practice - ensuring that all electronic communications comply with company policy and are logged and archived for potential legal discovery needs or other purposes.

FaceTime addresses the following issues as the only provider of TrueCompliance™ solutions.

Authorized usage policies
Archival of file transfers over IM and Unified Communications
Prevent unwanted data leakage
Control Content posted to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
Monitoring & auditing of information sharing
Record all content and activity on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
Message accuracy and authentication
Ensuring confidentiality of data
Restricted access to sensitive data
Non-repudiation
Tamper proof environments
Secure logging
Enforcement and validation of the audit trail
Content scanning and keyword matching

FaceTime products provide management, control and compliance of real-time communications in the enterprise.