New software reduces expensive Compliance Liabilities by automating the Delivery, Acceptance & Auditing of Corporate Policies

Note to Editors - an html version of this release can be found at:
http://www.re-soft.com/releases/news03272006.htm

Company Policies that are outdated, misunderstood or simply ignored cause expensive compliance liabilities. ReSoft today is releasing PolicyMatter into the North American market. PolicyMatter is a software solution that protects organizations from compliance infractions by automating the delivery, acceptance & auditing of Corporate Policies ensuring employees have read, understood and signed-up to them. The software's goal is to make sure that a damaging email does not even get written.

Accountability rules have made individual board members responsible for the actions of their employees. And across the enterprise the responsibilities of compliance and security officers have massively increased. Against this background, senior management has little visibility of policy understanding, acceptance or compliance and no way to demonstrate that a sound Company Policy Distribution process has been implemented.

Furthermore, to respond to fast changing legal regulations, many corporate policies need to be refreshed more quickly and more often. The traditional method of sending a policy out for signature once a year or pointing the employee to the intranet are insufficient to demonstrate auditability and understanding of the policy or a policy change.

Clive Horton, CEO of ReSoft International says "There are so many instances today of expensive fines for compliance infractions where a robustly enforced policy may have preventing the behavior from ever happening in the first place. We believe that by delivering a measured, auditable distribution of well thought out Corporate Policies, PolicyMatter will be seen as a very valuable tool for any organization."

ReSoft International is now offering the PolicyMatter product, developed by UK company PolicyMatter, to its customers. As PolicyMatter can be configured to force a user to review and accept a Policy, so it can be considered for distributing time-critical policy changes and emergency bulletins such as:

- Codes of Conduct
- Audit/Compliance
- Immediate Legal-Hold notifications
- Conflicts of Interest
- IT Security, Network, Email & Web Acceptable Use
- Personal Trading/Insider Trading
- Legal & HR Policy Changes
- Anti Money Laundering
- Procurement and Fair-competition
- Gifts
- Call Center procedures

"I'm delighted to announce that Re-Soft have become a PolicyMatter business partner, as they have established an enviable reputation in selecting security and compliance solutions that really transforms policy effectiveness, whilst driving down the costs and risks of compliance and corporate governance" said David Guyatt, Founder and Chairman of PolicyMatter Ltd".

A free copy of the paper, "Reducing Costly Compliance Liabilities by Automating the Delivery, Acceptance & Auditing of Corporate Policies" can be requested from www.re-soft.com/pm for a limited time (registration required).

About ReSoft International
ReSoft International is an independent integrator and reseller of best-of-breed software technologies that address Email & Instant-Messaging Security, Regulatory Compliance and Storage Relief. ReSoft has, for over 11 years, acted as a trusted advisor to hundreds of organizations, applying these Email & IM Security tools to reduce liability risks. www.re-soft.com

About PolicyMatter
PolicyMatter is a privately owned and funded software company established in 2001. Its founders and management team were the people behind the MIMEsweeper policy-based content security software. PolicyMatter builds on the expertise gained with MIMEsweeper. Where policy management, compliance and security are key, our PolicyMatter software ensures staff receive, understand and sign up to policies, and provides a detailed audit trail of policy acceptance. PolicyMatter - a unique solution that transforms policy effectiveness and drives down the cost of compliance. www.policymatter.com