Austrian Automobile Club (ÖAMTC) trusts in Retarus’ Secure Email Platform

Paris, juillet 28, 2022 //

L'ÖAMTC, le plus grand club automobile d'Autriche, protège désormais sa communication par e-mail avec la Secure Email Platform powered by Retarus. Le fournisseur allemand de cloud d'entreprise veille également à ce que toutes les données de l'organisation soient traitées conformément aux exigences les plus strictes en matière de protection des données, telles que le règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD) de l'UE. Parmi les autres considérations cruciales qui ont poussé l'association à opter pour Retarus, citons le haut degré de flexibilité offert par le service et l'assistance très professionnelle lors de la mise en œuvre de la solution.

Due in no small part to its high profile, the Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle, and Touring Club (ÖAMTC) has repeatedly been targeted by cyber criminals. In these attacks, email remains the main potential gateway. Hybrid working models, including working from home, have magnified the risk of falling victim to cyber threats. Consequently, the club had very stringent requirements for a new email security system. Not only was it essential to provide maximum protection against the latest generation of cyberattacks, but also to meet the highest requirements for data protection. With components such as Essential Protection, Advanced Threat Protection, and the patented Patient Zero Detection®, the Retarus Secure Email Platform provides comprehensive protection for the club’s infrastructure. The Retarus services were implemented in close consultation with the ÖAMTC, ensuring that the solution was perfectly aligned with their security requirements. For instance, a third-party encryption gateway which the automobile club had only recently put into operation was integrated into the overall solution.

Passer d'une infrastructure sur site gérée par l'association elle-même aux services cloud de Retarus a permis à l'ÖAMTC de bénéficier immédiatement d'une solution évolutive à tout moment et ne générant ni efforts ni coûts de maintenance, libérant ainsi de précieuses ressources dans le propre service informatique de l'organisation. En ce qui concerne la protection des données, Retarus suit systématiquement une politique de traitement local de toutes les données dans des centres de données prêts à l'audit en Allemagne, gérés par l'entreprise elle-même - en respectant toutes les dispositions du RGPD ainsi que les normes sectorielles et les exigences de conformité les plus élevées.

Routing the email traffic with Predelivery Logic

To actively route its email traffic at an early stage, the ÖAMTC is additionally using Retarus’ Predelivery Logic. This service, also a component of the Retarus Secure Email Platform, allows emails to be analyzed, optimized, and redirected according to predefined rulesets at the gateway stage. The automobile club especially appreciated the opportunity to identify emails based on their GeoIP. In this way, emails originating from a specific country can be identified and blocked – for instance if the current political situation makes it advisable to take the precaution of isolating all messages from specific regions or countries regardless of their content. Various other use scenarios based on individually configured rulesets are already in the pipeline.

Convincing and comprehensive security package

“The ÖAMTC is the partner for all questions around mobility – in everyday situations as well as emergencies. We simply can’t afford for our business-critical processes or even the entire infrastructure to fail or become unavailable,” explains Christoph Pertl, IT Security Officer at ÖAMTC. “With Retarus, the overall package was simply an excellent fit. In addition to the technical benefits offered by the Retarus Secure Email Platform, we were also impressed that the service was provided from German data centers in accordance with strict data protection requirements. Our decision to opt for Retarus was reaffirmed by the fact that the Retarus team supported us throughout the project with deep-rooted technical know-how and implemented our special requirements perfectly.”

“With this project, the flexibility of our platform becomes particularly evident. Thanks to our modular security components, which can be combined as required, the ÖAMTC can use precisely those functions it really needs,” adds Martin Hager, Retarus’ founder and CEO. “Our local experts were also able to integrate the pre-existing encryption gateway from a third-party provider both quickly and effortlessly. We are pleased that the ÖAMTC has opted for Retarus’ future-proof cloud services, which we continuously develop further and adapt to meet new security requirements.”