Zix Enters Advanced Threat Protection and Archiving Markets with the Unveil of New Solutions

Zix Corporation (Zix), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), a leader in email security, has launched ZixProtect to defend its customers against malicious email. Leveraging multi-layer filtering techniques, ZixProtect protects organizations against zero-day malware, ransomware, phishing, CEO fraud, W-2 phishing attacks, spam and viruses in email.

To accurately identify email threats, ZixProtect filters analyze IP addresses and URLs then examine content for targeted phrases, campaign patterns and both known and zero-hour malware attacks. Accuracy is increased further with real-time threat analysts, automated traffic analysis and machine learning.

“The level of sophistication from hackers and criminals requires an email security solution that combines all the right components – contextual filters, human analysis and artificial intelligence. Businesses can rely on ZixProtect to optimize these components, reduce risks and keep legitimate communications flowing,” said Dave Wagner, Chief Executive Officer at Zix. “We’re especially proud of the experts behind ZixProtect, whose energy and acumen to defend our customers and thwart attacks are exceptional.”

Real-time analysis is conducted at Zix’s Center of Excellence for Advanced Threat Protection, where security experts monitor email threats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. A cloud-based service designed for convenient maintenance and minimal fine-tuning, ZixProtect provides a simple solution for small- to medium-sized businesses with limited resources yet offers abundant controls for customization and reporting options for business and compliance reviews.

ZixProtect is commercially available in three bundles. ZixProtect Essentials includes email threat protection, as well as business email continuity to enable access to messages during any service disruption. ZixProtect Plus adds automatic email encryption to deliver secure email to anyone, anywhere on any device. For a comprehensive email security solution, ZixProtect Premium includes email threat protection, business email continuity, email encryption and email data loss prevention.

“Zix is widely known for delivering our customers a superior experience and effortless email encryption. We’re excited to build on that reputation with solution bundles that can fully address inbound and outbound risks and further raise customers’ standards for what it means to be an outstanding email security partner,” said Kelly Haggerty, Vice President of Product Management and Strategy for Zix.

ZixArchive provides a cloud-based email retention solution for compliance and eDiscovery. Available as a standalone or add-on solution, ZixArchive offers unlimited storage at a lower cost than on-premises solutions. ZixArchive provides features such as policy-based retention, automatic indexing and flexible search capabilities to enable easy processing for audit and legal requirements. It also provides convenient control to enable and disable cloud access of archived emails for user retrieval, company review and legal hold.

For additional information and a free, 30-day trial of ZixProtect Essentials, please visit www.zixcorp.com/products/zixprotect. More information and a free, 30-day trial for ZixArchive can be accessed at www.zixcorp.com/products/zixarchive.

About Zix Corporation

Zix Corporation (Zix) is a leader in email security. Trusted by the nation’s most influential institutions in healthcare, finance and government, Zix delivers a superior experience and easy-to-use solutions for email encryption and data loss prevention, advanced threat protection, archiving and bring your own device (BYOD) mobile security. Focusing on the protection of business communication, Zix enables its customers to better secure data and meet compliance needs. Zix is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol ZIXI. For more information, visit zixcorp.com.

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