Delaware Awards Enterprise Contract for Secure Information Exchange

The state of Delaware has selected Sigaba as the statewide standard for protected information sharing, according to the company. Issued by Delaware's Department of Technology and Information (DTI) -- the authority for implementing statewide and interagency technology solutions, policy, standards and guidelines -- the standard applies to all state communications and computing resources, such as systems associated with e-government and other Internet initiatives.

"The lack of security of standard e-mail, as well as federal regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Sarbanes-Oxley, are making secure communications of sensitive and private information a priority for the state of Delaware," said Delaware CIO Thomas M. Jarrett. "This is part of a larger initiative within the state to safeguard internal communications, as well as that with business partners and citizens."

Under the terms of the agreement, Sigaba is providing the state with an enterprise license of the Sigaba secure messaging suite for 10,000 seats. The suite includes Secure E-mail and Secure Statements, and is being used in the areas of e-mail, content security, auditing and message tracking.

"We required the ability to transmit encrypted messages plus attachments, as well as a guaranteed delivery component," said Rick Truitt of Delaware's Department of Technology and Information (DTI). "We chose Sigaba's solution for its all-in-one capabilities of secure e-mail and statement delivery. We decided to incorporate the solution as a statewide standard in order to better manage and ensure confidence in our protected information sharing efforts," said Truitt.