Systems and methods for controlling email access

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for remotely controlling access to an email resource embodying program code executable by at least one computing device that, when executed by the at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to:

• provide, through an access control service, at least one user interface that enables creation of at least one resource rule for enforcement on at least one client device in association with a plurality of email resources;
• in response to input received through the at least one user interface, generate the at least one resource rule on the at least computing device;
• and
• direct, based at least in part on the at least one resource rule, a client application executable on the at least one client device to open an attachment of one of the plurality of email resources in an authorized secure container application executable on the at least one client device.

A method for remotely controlling access to an email resource comprising:

• providing, through an access control service, at least one user interface that enables creation of at least one resource rule for enforcement on at least one client device in association with a plurality of email resources;
• generating, in response to input received through the at least one user interface, the at least one resource rule on the at least computing device;
• and
• directing, based at least in part on the at least one resource rule, a client application executable on the at least one client device to open an attachment of one of the plurality of email resources in an authorized secure container application executable on the at least one client device.