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Understanding Compliance
This article refers to the Barracuda Message Archiver release 3.1 or higher.
The Barracuda Message Archiver provides everything an organization needs to comply
with government regulations in an easy to install and administer plug-and-play
hardware solution. The Barracuda Message Archiver stores and indexes all email for
easy search and retrieval by both regular users and third-party auditors. Backed by
Energize Updates, delivered by Barracuda Central, the Barracuda Message Archiver
receives automatic updates to its extensive library of virus and policy definitions to
enable enhanced monitoring of compliance and corporate guidelines as well as
document file format updates needed to decode content within email attachments.
The Barracuda Message Archiver features an easy-to-use web user interface, creating
an intuitive and cost-effective administration tool for the integrated hardware and
software solution. The web user interface allows administrators to define, manage, and
control corporate archiving settings and rules from a central location.
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Auditor Role
The Barracuda Message Archiver provides:
Litigation Support
Storage Management
Knowledge Management
Compliance
Litigation Support
Litigation discovery involves all parties in a lawsuit and requires that all data or information relevant to the lawsuit be provided as requested by the
court of law. The Barracuda Message Archiver stores and indexes all email for easy search and retrieval by both regular users and third-party
auditors.
Storage Management
Not only does the volume of email messages continue to increase, the size of the average email itself is also on the rise. Due to the increased use
of file attachments in email messages, the average email size can range between 22KB and 350KB. As such, the ability for an organization to
adequately keep up with the storage demands of email can be costly. While storage solutions can be used to deal with the problem of email
message growth in the short term, the Barracuda Message Archiver provides a more resourceful way of handling the issue over a longer period of
time.
Knowledge Management
A company’s email system contains a vast amount of vital corporate intelligence, some of which is not replicated in any other data or material. If
email is lost or is not easily accessible, a company runs the risk of losing that intelligence. The Barracuda Message Archiver provides
management tools essential to storing and controlling access to an organization's knowledge base.
Compliance
Compliance issues are perhaps the driving force behind the increase in demand for an email archiving solution. The sheer number of regulations
requiring some form of email retention, as well as the more specific parameters of how the email should be stored and for how long, can be
confusing for administrators.
Although many regulations exist and have varying requirements, compliance is based on three concepts: