{"id":241516,"date":"2023-01-12T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prominic.net\/?p=241516"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:11:59","slug":"email-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.prominic.net\/email-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Emails are now not only an important part of our daily lives but also one of the most used gateways for cybercriminals into our lives. Let\u2019s explore how we can keep the door shut.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text quote_border_weight=”14px” quote_border_color=”#811937″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ link_font=”||||||||” quote_font=”|700|||||||” quote_text_color=”#000000″ quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” max_width=”700px” max_width_tablet=”” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_2_font_size_phone=”15px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” header_font_size__hover=”30px” header_font_size__hover_enabled=”30px” header_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_2_font_size__hover=”26px” header_2_font_size__hover_enabled=”26px” header_2_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_2_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_2_line_height__hover=”1em” header_2_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_2_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_2_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_2_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_2_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_3_font_size__hover=”22px” header_3_font_size__hover_enabled=”22px” header_3_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_3_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_3_line_height__hover=”1em” header_3_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_3_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_3_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_3_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_3_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_4_font_size__hover=”18px” header_4_font_size__hover_enabled=”18px” header_4_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_4_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_4_line_height__hover=”1em” header_4_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_4_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_4_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_4_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_4_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_5_font_size__hover=”16px” header_5_font_size__hover_enabled=”16px” header_5_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_5_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_5_line_height__hover=”1em” header_5_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_5_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_5_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_5_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_5_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_6_font_size__hover=”14px” header_6_font_size__hover_enabled=”14px” header_6_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_6_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_6_line_height__hover=”1em” header_6_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_6_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_6_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_6_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_6_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” text_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” text_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” text_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” text_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” text_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” text_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

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The importance of email encryption<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Email encryption refers to, as the name suggests, encrypting the content of emails in order to protect sensitive information. That can range from your phone number to customer information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The need to have your emails encrypted does not stop at sensitive data that might be sent in the email body. If your email is unsecure you can get your attachments read or your account hacked all together, making you a liability for your company.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A lot of the information that is passed along within a company is sent using email. This only comes to add as to why it is important to have all that information encrypted so that it is secure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is also a legal factor that needs to be taken into consideration when deciding to implement email encryption for your company. There are a number of laws, both in the US and EU that enforce just that: email encryption and data security and privacy. HIPAA is the most known in the US while GDPR is for the EU. Both of them aim to ensure that the data of users are as secure as possible. Especially when we are talking about sensitive data, like Social Security Numbers for instance you need to make sure that the data is safe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The main liability is getting sued for amounts that can put you out of business. The fines are not negligible as well, ranging for HIPAA violations from Tier 1: Minimum fine of $100 per violation up to $50,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Last and certainly not least you will want to protect your own intellectual property. Emails can carry important inside information that offer you the edge business wise and you don\u2019t want that info falling into that wrong hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A data breach can have effects from minor, a short disruption into your work day and can go up to putting you out of business, so having some proper email encryption in place is a must in today\u2019s cyber environment.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text quote_border_weight=”14px” quote_border_color=”#811937″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ link_font=”||||||||” quote_font=”|700|||||||” quote_text_color=”#000000″ quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” max_width=”700px” max_width_tablet=”” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_2_font_size_phone=”15px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” header_font_size__hover=”30px” header_font_size__hover_enabled=”30px” header_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_2_font_size__hover=”26px” header_2_font_size__hover_enabled=”26px” header_2_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_2_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_2_line_height__hover=”1em” header_2_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_2_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_2_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_2_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_2_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_3_font_size__hover=”22px” header_3_font_size__hover_enabled=”22px” header_3_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_3_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_3_line_height__hover=”1em” header_3_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_3_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_3_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_3_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_3_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_4_font_size__hover=”18px” header_4_font_size__hover_enabled=”18px” header_4_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_4_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_4_line_height__hover=”1em” header_4_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_4_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_4_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_4_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_4_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_5_font_size__hover=”16px” header_5_font_size__hover_enabled=”16px” header_5_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_5_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_5_line_height__hover=”1em” header_5_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_5_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_5_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_5_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_5_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_6_font_size__hover=”14px” header_6_font_size__hover_enabled=”14px” header_6_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_6_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_6_line_height__hover=”1em” header_6_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_6_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_6_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_6_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_6_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” text_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” text_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” text_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” text_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” text_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” text_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

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Different types of email encryption, and shortfalls<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

We have talked a lot about the importance of email encryption, let\u2019s see how we choose the best email encryption for the business we are running.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are three things you need to encrypt to start with: the connection, the email body, the stored, archived emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When you encrypt your connection you are basically preventing unauthorized users from stealing your login credentials and the emails that leave your email provider’s server, traveling around the web.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Encrypting the email body helps in case your first line of defense, the connection has failed. Should your emails get into a hacker’s hand, if your email is encrypted is basically unreadable, rendering them useless.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For the same reason you need to make sure that your older, archived emails are encrypted. Should hackers get a hold of your passwords if the emails are encrypted they cannot be read.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text quote_border_weight=”14px” quote_border_color=”#811937″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ link_font=”||||||||” quote_font=”|700|||||||” quote_text_color=”#000000″ quote_font_size=”18px” quote_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” max_width=”700px” max_width_tablet=”” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_font_size_tablet=”30px” header_2_font_size_phone=”15px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” header_font_size__hover=”30px” header_font_size__hover_enabled=”30px” header_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_2_font_size__hover=”26px” header_2_font_size__hover_enabled=”26px” header_2_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_2_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_2_line_height__hover=”1em” header_2_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_2_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_2_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_2_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_2_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_3_font_size__hover=”22px” header_3_font_size__hover_enabled=”22px” header_3_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_3_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_3_line_height__hover=”1em” header_3_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_3_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_3_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_3_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_3_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_4_font_size__hover=”18px” header_4_font_size__hover_enabled=”18px” header_4_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_4_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_4_line_height__hover=”1em” header_4_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_4_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_4_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_4_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_4_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_5_font_size__hover=”16px” header_5_font_size__hover_enabled=”16px” header_5_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_5_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_5_line_height__hover=”1em” header_5_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_5_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_5_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_5_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_5_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_6_font_size__hover=”14px” header_6_font_size__hover_enabled=”14px” header_6_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” header_6_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” header_6_line_height__hover=”1em” header_6_line_height__hover_enabled=”1em” header_6_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” header_6_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” header_6_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_6_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” text_letter_spacing__hover=”0px” text_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”0px” text_text_shadow_style__hover=”none” text_text_shadow_style__hover_enabled=”none” text_text_shadow_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” text_text_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

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Automated email encryption solutions<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

As you might have figured out by now, having all that encryption done manually is a task worthy of an entire IT department. Even if you have an army, having the right tools in place saves time, money and also makes it easier to keep up to date with legislative changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

One solution that can solve a lot of issues for you when it comes to email encryption is Proofpoint Essentials Advanced.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You get protection for malware-based threats such as malicious attachments or links and from malware-free threats like email fraud or credential phishing emails.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since social media is not only part of our personal lives but our professional one as well, Proofpoint Essentials Advanced offers defense against attacks across social media channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Built-in data loss prevention (DLP) and email encryption discover and secure sensitive information sent in email. And its comprehensive email continuity helps keep your business communications up and running at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The main strengths that Proofpoint Essentials Advanced are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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