Symantec targets social data in Enterprise Vault 10

Symantec has released a new version of its Enterprise Vault email and content archiving product that makes it easier to scan Microsoft Exchange emails and metadata for potential data leaks.

Enterprise Vault 10, announced on Monday, integrates Symantec's data loss prevention technology so email content and metadata can be flagged for compliance review, while also being automatically classified and assigned the correct archiving and retention policy.

The new version of Enterprise Vault also makes it possible to archive all social media interactions for compliance and e-discovery, Symantec said.

"Businesses have learned how important it is to protect and preserve email, IM, documents, spreadsheets and other unstructured information, and they're learning that the same is true for social media records," Symantec product management vice president Brian Dye said in a statement, adding that Enterprise Vault 10 can "significantly reduce risks, especially for organisations in highly litigious or regulated industries".

The social media archiving capabilities in Enterprise Vault 10 were developed through partnerships with Actiance, CommonDesk, Globanet, Hanzo and Socialware. Symantec said such capabilities were needed to aid compliance with US securities regulations, as posts to blogs, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds qualify as business communications.

In the statement, Symantec also noted that Enterprise Vault 10 is newly integrated with the company's encryption technologies, so encrypted information can be more easily classified, stored and discovered.

Other new features include the ability to move less-frequently accessed information onto lower-tiered storage in the cloud or on-premise, global deduplication and flexible migration of .PST and .NSF files.