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Tumbleweed Press Releases
SI Bank & Trust Deploys Tumbleweed's EMail Firewall To Secure And Protect Email Communications
Leading Community Bank Relies on Tumbleweed to Ensure Regulatory Compliance, Reduce Legal Liability and Protect Against Spam Redwood City, CA – April 14th, 2004 – Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading provider of secure Internet messaging software and appliances for enterprises and government agencies, announced today that SI Bank & Trust, a wholly owned subsidiary of Staten Island Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: SIB), has implemented the Tumbleweed Email Firewall™ to protect customer's private financial information contained in email communications. SI Bank & Trust, with 38 branches, two operation centers, and over 900 employees located in New York and New Jersey, needed to protect their outbound email messages containing confidential or personal customer information in order to comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and SEC regulations. Working closely with their security integrator, Icons Inc., they evaluated a number of secure email vendors before selecting Tumbleweed's email firewall to handle email encryption and protect the bank from spam and viruses. The final decision to go with Tumbleweed was based on the product’s comprehensive set of email security and protection capabilities, affordability, performance, and the flexibility to grow and scale as SI Bank’s email protection needs change. “We were looking for a technology partner today who could prevent the distribution of customer’s personal information contained in email communications but also provide us with room to grow as our needs change,” said Kevin Kessler, Network Security Administrator. “Tumbleweed’s fully-integrated email firewall allows us to simply layer in additional email protection and security capabilities in the future.” SI Bank established departmental policies for filtering outbound email messages and attachments for sensitive or confidential content such as customer social security and account numbers. Messages containing protected information are automatically quarantined for review prior to distribution to authorized recipients. In addition, they implemented scanning and filtering of inbound email for spam and viruses. During a one-week period, SI Bank & Trust was able to capture 2,500 emails based on their defined policy violations, or 2% of their total inbound and outbound email traffic. These violations included email containing offensive materials, spam, and those considered “chain mail.” Deployed in SI Bank & Trust’s network DMZ, Tumbleweed’s email firewall also acts as a high-speed, high-volume email relay to scan and filter email messages before they reach their Exchange servers. “Banks of all sizes are required to protect their customer’s private information communicated in email, said Dave Jevans, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Tumbleweed Communications. “Our integrated email firewall gives small and medium sized banks like SI Bank the ability to secure and protect their email in a cost effective way.” About Tumbleweed’s Email Firewall About Staten Island Bancorp, Inc. About Tumbleweed Communications SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on current plans and expectations, and that a number of factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time. These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement below. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to the performance and potential sales of Tumbleweed’s Email Firewall. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's Form 10-K filed March 15, 2004. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release, including for example its guidance regarding its future performance, which represents the Company's expectations only as of the date of this release and should not be viewed as a statement about the Company's expectations after such date. Although this release may remain available on the Company's website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that the Company is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein. ### |
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