Though more powerful and modern platforms may also enable other methods of communication such as file transfers, voice & video (even conference) calling, and screen sharing. Traditionally, we would expect such a platform to provide (at the very least) for text comms. Think: Wickr Messenger, Pro, and Enterprise, etc. On the other hand, if both sender and receiver(s) are online at the same time, then the system provides a (near) real-time communication channel. By “asynchronous,” I mean that when a user goes offline, all of their incoming messages are buffered by the system until they come online again. Messaging Platforms: For the purpose of this post, a “message platform” is any distributed system which facilitates asynchronous real-time communication between its users. I’ll explain what distinguishes the two from each other and, more importantly, why I believe that those differences make Managed SMs fundamentally more suitable, secure, and powerful for protecting organizations’ communications than their unmanaged counterparts. In this post, I’ll discuss what I believe to be an important, yet sometimes overlooked, distinction to be made between Managed SM (MSM) platforms and (the much more common) Unmanaged ones (USM). Secure Messaging (SM) platforms are an increasingly vital tool for both individuals and entire organizations to protect themselves from a wide variety of threats.
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