A secure email is a message that can only be seen by the sender and the recipient. It traverses across the Internet in an encrypted manner, so it is not available for viewing by prying eyes anywhere along the journey. Regular email are sent in clear text, meaning that they can be intercepted and view by any man in the middle attacks.
Giving the recent attacks on company infrastructures, securing email is essential for all types of organizations. Encrypting email that contains private or personal information about your company or your clients is crucial for a number of reasons.
The two most important reasons to secure your email communications.
Secure email is important for two reasons. Privacy regulations require that any email that contains customer-identifiable information or sensitive data such as credit card information, account numbers, social security numbers or health-related information must be sent in a secure manner.
Since many organizations rely on email to transfer private information, they must have an email encryption solution. In addition, secure email is important to the customer relationship. When a customer receives a secure email, that customer right of way, gets a sense that you are protecting his/her information against online threats. An enhanced level of safety and security with customers’ information shows the recipient that the organization values the relationship.
Is your company taking the steps necessary to protect internal data and its customer’s data?
