as nasdaq zixi founded 1988 headquarters dallas texas us services information security and data storage revenue us 47.52 million as of 2013 update 1 number of employees 144 as of 2014 update 2 website www.zixcorp.com zix corporation zixcorp nasdaq zixi is a security technology company that provides email encryption services email data loss prevention dlp and mobile applications designed to address bring your own device byod corporate technology trend . 3 headquartered in dallas texas 2 the company serves customers that include divisions of the u.s. treasury federal financial regulators health insurance providers and hospitals 4 and financial companies . 5 as of december 2011 the company has served over thirty blue cross blue shield organizations 1 200 hospitals 1 600 banks credit unions and associations . federal financial institutions examination council ffiec regulators are also the customers of the company . 6 ciproms has signed a three year renewal for the company in 2014 . 7 the company generates money based on a software as a service saas strategy and charge annual fees from its customers . 6 zixcorp was founded in 1983 . the company operates its service supported by zixdata center a data center storing transaction processing data . in 2002 the company changed its name from zixlt corporation to zix corporation . 8 products and services edit the recent court battle between apple and the fbi along with a slew of major security breaches from experian to ashley madison have popularized encryption as a way to protect messages yet email encryption is also reported to be difficult to use for people unfamiliar with the encryption process . 9 to simplify the encryption process zix email encryption uses an e mail encryption directory called zixdirectory that lists other email addresses protected by the encryption service to maintain a community of users who can send and receive e mails to each other without having to use encryption keys . 10 customers install a zixgateway appliance and configure compliance and security policy requirements then the appliance monitors outbound emails to determine whether messages should be encrypted and then works in conjunction with secure servers in a saas software as a service environment to encrypt outgoing communications and securely decrypt inbound messages from other users listed within the zixdirectory . 10 the email encryption service zixdirectory is an international community with 30 million members . 6 in 2014 google announced a partnership with zixcorp to introduce a new commercial product for google apps accounts dubbed google apps message encryption game based on zix email encryption . for a per user subscription the service allows google apps admins to configure encryption settings and routes from the google apps dashboard . 11 12 several market and policies have emerged to address byod security concerns including mobile device management mdm containerization and app virtualization . 13 14 15 in 2013 zixcorp introduced zixone a mobile email application for businesses coping with the byod trend of employees using personal devices for work by protecting corporate data in email while allowing employees to maintain privacy and control of their personal devices . the service provides access to corporate email in the cloud based service allowing employees to view messages and attachments without storing any data on the device . 16 this approach differs mobile device management mdm 17 which provides organizations with the ability to control applications and content on the device . research has revealed controversy around mdm related to employee privacy and usability issues that lead to resistance in some organizations . 18 corporate liability issues have also emerged when businesses use mdm to wipe devices after employees leave the organization . 19 to help organizations that must comply with industry and federal regulations restricting content that can be sent via email the company introduced zixdlp to quarantine emails violating policies and zixdlp insight to detect and analyze email policy violations without impeding communications or business workflows . the data protection service is offered as an add on solution for customers who use zixgateway a policy based email encryption service that automatically scans and encrypts outbound email containing sensitive information . 20 references edit zixi key statistics zix corporation stock yahoo finance . finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2014 02 19 . a b zixi summary for zix corporation yahoo finance . finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2014 02 19 . cj arlotta mspmentor . zixcorp targets byod secures business email on ios android devices . may 14 2013 . retrieved jul 11 2014 . nathan eddy eweek . zixcorp mobile email app zixone offers byod security . may 15 2013 . retrieved jul 14 2014 . zix corporation nasdaq zixi quotes & news google finance . google.com . retrieved 2014 02 19 . a b c zix corp zixi.o reuters.com . 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byod policies are recipe for success . may 9 2014 . retrieved may 13 2014 . by diana hwang searchconsumerization.com . companies consider application virtualization for mobile data security . november 2013 . retrieved july 25 2014 . by christopher tozzi thevarguy . byod security zixcorp tool forces data to stay in the cloud . may 15 2014 . retrieved july 25 2104 . by david weldon fiercemobileit . no one size fits all solution for byod policies panel reveals . may 13 2014 . retrieved july 28 2014 . by tom kaneshige cio . attack of the byod killing mdm software . february 4 2014 . retrieved july 28 2014 . by lauren weber wall street journal . byod leaving a job can mean losing pictures of grandma . january 21 2014 . retrieved july 28 2014 . by vance mccarthy integration developer news . zixdlp updates email security to analyze detect risks . may 20 2014 . retrieved july 30 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zix corp & oldid 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