Recently, email service
provider Epsilon reported a "data breach" that potentially impacts
those companies who use Epsilon to send email to their customers, exposing them
to possible unwanted emails. In view of this incident, we want to share our
rigorous email security program with you.
As you may know,
ExactTarget is our email service provider - and its commitment to security is a
key reason why we decided to engage with ExactTarget to deliver our email
programs. We remain confident that Exact Target is continually taking the right
measures to protect our email information assets. In fact, in ExactTarget's
words: "We have never been more confident in our security measures and
have not experienced a breach."
ExactTarget has made
available detailed documentation on its security program which follows below:
"Security
is our top priority. And we are very confident that we have industry-leading
security in place. This has been confirmed by multiple third-party experts and
many of the most security-minded organizations in the world, who are our
clients.
Security is a multi-faceted, continuously-evolving set of technologies,
policies, and controls. As such, there is not a single answer to the question
of preventing a security incident. Rather, a collection of safeguards are
required. Our security strategy centers on securing the physical locations that
house our servers, strong access controls into our systems, protecting your
data from malicious or accidental losses, and preventing unauthorized access to
the ExactTarget platform.
Our security is under continuous review and assessment by multiple third party
security professionals, including..." Click
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