Department of Public Health and Social Services of Guam Selects Identillect’s Delivery Trust

Identillect Technologies (TSXV:ID) announced that the Department of Public Health and Social Services of Guam (DPHSS) has selected Delivery Trust to secure its email communications.

As quoted in the press release:

DPHSS serves a vital role in the prevention and control of the spread of diseases for the public in Guam through surveillance, disease reporting and investigation in collaboration with health care providers and key responders for a healthier island community. They have a long-standing record of taking a progressive role to protecting the people of Guam, they are taking similar measures when it comes to cyber-security.

Josephine O’Mallan, BCDC Administrator for DPHSS states, “At DPHSS we have a commitment to prevent the spread of disease throughout Guam. There is a lot of information we communicate which is sensitive and confidential, therefore, the security and protection of the information is very important to us. We are pleased to deploy Delivery Trust for an additional layer of security for our internal and external communications.”

As the growing threat of cyber-attacks fuels the growth of the cyber security industry, the email encryption market will grow as well, estimated to be worth more than $4.21 Billion USD by 2020. Email-borne cyber-attacks are the second most common type of cyber security breach according to the Identity Theft Center with the average cost of a data breach now estimated at more than $3.62 million.

Todd Sexton, CEO of Identillect Technologies comments, “We have recently seen governmental agencies expanding their security measures as the increase of cyber-attacks continues to grow. We are pleased to be providing expanded security measures for DPHSS, allowing them focus on the incredibly important work they do and not to have to worry about cyber-security.”

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