Why Fund Investors Need Agio Cybersecurity

Agio recommends that people who use hedge fund cybersecurity use Office 365 email. Email is a frequently attacked vector. Microsoft Office 365 is the dominant email platform in the alternative investment world. Agio switched to Microsoft Office 365 many years ago because of the email security, and they recommend that you switch to Office 365.

Microsoft Office 365 email has many advantages. Customers have the advantage of saving their email in the cloud. Microsoft Supports Service Level Agreements. SLA guards 100 percent against computer viruses. SLA will guard against spam 99 percent of the time. Microsoft updates Microsoft Office 365 email often to strengthen the email security.

Agio trusts Microsoft for email security. The Agio and Microsoft technicians answer any security questions customers have and solve any security issues. Hedge funds need the most secure email possible to avoid your funds being stolen by computer hacks. Once you have email security, you can have peace of mind with your investments.

Hedge funds and private equity handle highly secure funds. Hedge funds have more complex systems, data, transactions, and cash movements than private equity does. Private equities is harder to secure than hedge funds. Many private equity holders use unstructured data programs like PDF files and Microsoft Office programs to store their data. Hedge funds and other cybersecurity are solutions that can only be kept in structured data. Private equity account holders tend to visit their portfolio rather than their hedge fund equivalents. People who hold private equity accounts use electronic tablets and laptops. These electronic devices lack the hardware and tools needed for the cybersecurity used in hedge funds. It is hard for private equity firms to predict the outcome of their investments in the next 12 months. Hedge fund data can be tracked to determine how their Data will be used in six to 12 months. Although different, hedge funds and private equity funds have personal identifiable information, personal health information, and banking information that customers find very attractive.

Private security funds need their security to be heightened if they are to be as secure as the hedge funds. Both the hedge funds and the private security funds need someone to watch over them 24/7/365. Agio’s hedge fund cybersecurity is stepping up to the challenge. Whether you have hedge funds or private security funds, Agios offers email stored in a cyber-secure cloud, disaster recovery, cybersecurity counseling, and phishing protection, Most of all, the counselors will give investors IT counseling to assess where the weaknesses are in the fund security and what Agio can do to help make the funds stronger.