CHELMSFORD, MA — February 22, 2019 – Biscom, a leading provider of secure document delivery for regulated industries, today announced that Biscom Transit, Biscom’s cloud-based, secure email and file transfer solution, has been named a Silver Winner in the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in the category, Cybersecurity Product – Email Security.

This award recognizes Biscom Transit and the solution’s focus on ease-of-use, security, and its intuitive user interface. Recently, a study commissioned by Biscom found that 75% of trained employees admitted to sending private and confidential data through insecure methods like email, citing complexity and time as top reasons for non-compliance.

The competitive Cybersecurity Excellence Awards is an independent awards program that honors companies and individuals that demonstrate excellence, innovation, and leadership in information security. Each year, it is produced in cooperation with the Information Security Community on LinkedIn, tapping into the experience of 400,000+ cybersecurity professionals to recognize the world’s best cybersecurity products, individuals, and organizations.

“We’re honored to win Silver for Transit, especially as a new entrant. Being able to support secure email and large file transfer is just the beginning,” said Bill Ho, CEO of Biscom. “Transit is designed as a true integration platform with RESTFUL APIs and support for multi-tenancy. Transit will become Biscom’s single secure messaging platform that will soon integrate sync, secure collaboration, and fax, and provides hooks for third party applications for seamless integration.”

Important security features include:

  • FIPS 140-2 certified AES 256-bit encryption: Transit has been certified for Federal Government deployment, for the highest levels of security.
  • Multi-tenancy: Each customer is provided its own space to store data that is not commingled with any other customer.
  • Pseudonymization: Obfuscation layer protects data and helps meet GDPR compliance.
  • Audit trail: All activity and transactions are logged to meet reporting and audit requirements.
  • Mobile-friendly: Send and receive messages and files on any mobile device.

About Biscom Transit

Biscom Transit is a cloud-based secure file sharing and email solution that provides businesses with a way to send documents, large files, and messages as easily as email, but with embedded encryption and audit logs that enable companies to meet security and compliance requirements.

About Biscom

As the leading provider of secure document transfer solutions for highly regulated industries such as healthcare, government, legal, and financial services, Biscom continues to spearhead data security with its enterprise secure file transfer, collaboration, and fax solutions. Biscom uses its thirty years of experience to help some of the world’s largest organizations securely transmit and share information, keeping confidential data protected. Biscom leads the industry in innovation and outstanding customer support. Learn more at https://www.biscom.com.

About Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards is an annual competition honoring individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security.