Secure What Comes In: Inbound Security Rules for Data Protection Gateway

Your organization deserves complete data control—not just over what goes out, but what comes in too. That's why Virtru's Data Protection Gateway includes inbound security rules, empowering you to proactively manage and secure incoming information before it even enters your environment.

This powerful capability puts you firmly in the driver's seat, giving you the tools to establish and enforce your exact standards for incoming data security.

Take Control of Your Incoming Data

With inbound security rules, you now have unprecedented visibility and control over all incoming emails and file attachments. This powerful capability lets you:

• Define precise boundaries for acceptable content by creating custom rules that align with your organization's security policies and compliance requirements
• Choose your preferred actions for each situation with options to block or encrypt detected content based on your security priorities
• Implement seamlessly across both Virtru-hosted and customer-hosted gateway environments, adapting to your existing infrastructure

By extending your security perimeter outward, you're not just reacting to potential data risks—you're preventing them entirely by setting the terms for what data can enter your organization in the first place.

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How Inbound Security Rules Work

Inbound Gateway customers can access inbound security rules directly in Virtru Control Center within the Rules section under the new "Inbound" tab. Inbound security rules require an inbound gateway setup, which may be separate from an outbound gateway configuration.

These new inbound protection capabilities work in perfect harmony with your existing outbound policies, creating a comprehensive security approach where you determine exactly what enters and leaves your environment. It's about giving you complete control over your data, regardless of direction.

The Power of Domain-Wide Protection

Beyond just enabling inbound security rules, deploying Virtru Gateway across your entire domain creates a comprehensive security ecosystem that protects all your data flows automatically.

Think of the Virtru Data Protection Gateway as a "Swiss Army Knife" for encrypting and securing data wherever it needs protection. When deployed domain-wide, it provides several key advantages:

• Invisible security that works behind the scenes without disrupting workflow or requiring user action
• A safety net for human error with the ability to instantly revoke access when mistakes happen
• Simplified administration with no per-user license counting or management
• Centralized visibility with detailed audit trails of all protected communications
• Versatile protection that works across multiple channels, including email and various SaaS applications like Salesforce and Zendesk

As one customer puts it: "It's huge to have your entire domain protected. To have that level of advanced data protection without having to think about it, that's priceless."

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See Data Protection Gateway in Action

Want to see how inbound security rules can strengthen your proactive data security strategy? Visit our Data Protection Gateway product page to learn more about how Virtru makes it easy to protect the information flowing in and out of your organization.

Currently only using Outbound Gateway? Schedule a demo to see how adding inbound protection capabilities can create a complete security perimeter, putting you in control of your entire data ecosystem.

Don’t have Gateway at all, but interested in learning more? Our team can walk you through how it works in a demo. Schedule one today.