It is often said that sending an email is like sending a postcard – with the message open for all to see and you never know who might have been reading it – and in today’s world where email has become the predominant written communication mechanism there are often reasons why it would be inappropriate to be writing as if on a postcard!
Whether you are an accountant writing to a client about his tax affairs, a doctor communicating personal medical information, or a school sending a parent a student’s progress report you want to know that the information that you sent has only been seen by the intended recipient.
Encryption of email messages has been around for a long time. The basic technology for PKI encryption has been built into most email systems for well over ten years – and yet the take up has been minimal.
This is for a number of reasons:
- users don’t appreciate that the information is at risk
- legislation to encourage senders to protect confidential data has taken some time to be enforced
- protecting communications has, to date, been at best fiddly and in some situations very complicated
e-Solutions has therefore developed e-Crypt a simple means to send a protected message to anybody – and all you need to know is the recipient’s email address and mobile phone number.
e-Crypt is suitable for use by individuals, small businesses and enterprises. There is no cost for the software that e-Crypt uses and as a recipient of a message all you need is Adobe Reader on your computer.