UK bank Northern Rock has chosen Symantec solutions as part of its customer and corporate data protection strategy.

The bank has employed Symantec's PGP Universal Gateway Email, which encrypts data at the gateway. The system ensures data is protected from unauthorised access in transit over the public Internet and at rest on a recipient's mail server.

The product has since been rolled out to all email users within the organisation, allowing them to communicate securely with customers, partners and regulatory authorities.

Northern Rock has 75 branches throughout the UK, as well as postal, telephone and internet operations.

Symantec was selected as Northern Rock's vendor of choice following a rigorous competitive tender.