How secure is your email Secure Email Primer

How secure is your email? Secure Email Primer Presented by 4 Secure. Mail. com

What is secure email? • Login and passwords are encrypted • Email contents are encrypted • Authentication is required • Cannot be “sniffed” by internal or external monitoring • Does not rely on internal IT resources or employee honesty

Why is email security important? • Regular email has no more security than a post-card • Regular email can be easily “sniffed” from any PC on the network, ISP etc. • Laws like HIPAA, GLBA require security • Liability, lawsuits, exposure for failure to protect information • Disgruntled employees, competitors

Choices available in the secure email marketplace • • PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) S/MIME Special Providers SSL/TLS web-browser based email • SSL/TLS POP/SMTP email

More about PGP • Average users need extensive support • Requires Key Exchange, Key management • Not scalable • Little industry support • Can only exchange secure email with other PGP users

More about S/MIME • Similar to PGP, requires administrator installation & configuration, support intensive • User must download and install software • Many installations have failed due to complexity • Can only exchange emails with other S/MIME users

More about special providers • Managed services using S/MIME with PKI key exchange • Appliance based services with special hardware, requires integration • Expensive, only starts becoming cost effective for systems with 500 + users

About secure webmail • Nothing to download or install, no support issues beyond typical email • Works with any web browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla etc. ) • Uses SSL/TLS (RSA) security, same system used banks, VISA, etc. • Easy to add, manage users • No training needed - simple

About POP/SMTP secure email • Works with all email programs (Outlook, Eudora, etc. ) • Uses SSL/TLS (RSA) security -same system used by banks, VISA, etc. • Easy to set up, no downloads or installation, same support issues as traditional email

4 Secure. Mail. com Services • Includes both Secure Webmail and Secure POP/SMTP email • Uses SSL/TLS (RSA) security • Nothing to download or install, simple support • *Includes ICSA-Certified Anti-virus protection • *Includes Full Spam protection

4 Securemail Anti-Virus • Most viruses arrive in email • ICSA-Certification is an exclusive club, includes Mc. Afee, Norton, major players • Server based – virus scanner updated in real time without user intervention • Also stops trojans, spyware & worms from entering network

4 Securemail Spam Blocker • Spam is removed at email server • Includes Spam. Assassin • Includes “whitelist/blacklist” challenge – response system • Includes ORBS • Multi-layered system makes it possible to stop 100% of spam with no false-positives

Why 4 Secure. Mail? • Complete Outsourced Managed Email Solution • Combines SSL encryption, strong anti-spam and virus protection • Cost effective for any size user group • Extremely simple to deploy and support