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How do you guarantee e-mail security?

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by jmarks

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How does your organization try to secure e-mail communications? How important is e-mail to your employees' daily work? What problems have you experienced with e-mail security lately? Share your comments about bolstering e-mail security in your organization, as discussed in the Sept. 24 Internet Security Focus newsletter.

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by igalp

Jonathan says it`s not safe to send e-mail,OK.
But what are the ways to make it more secure?
If there is`nt other alternative what`s the point in Warnings.

by mark

I enjoyed reading your article but more than once you mentioned other ways to do business outside of email. The first thing that came to mind was perhaps using FTP. My point is to really finish off this article I suggest a few alternatives to email.
thanks for the insightful article. I think you have a good idea with this but getting people to break old habits will be the toughest challenge.

by dixbert

I read the article and was hoping there were suggestions at the end too. Disappointing to hear from the experts on weaknesses - but those same experts are the ones that we amateurs need to hear from in order to learn. I think a follow up to this article would be a great idea!

by puzling

My first thought was, "who uses email for sensitive communication anyway?" There is no privacy at work, so what needs to be protected? If we're talking corporate espionage, you're screwed anyway. If we're talking HR sensitive discussions, then they should conducted in person.

But back to the technology side.... My personal feeling is that any transfer of document is a poor methodology for secure communication. I believe it would be a bit more secure to setup an encrypted and password protected chat space. Of course the chat space users can copy-and-paste what transpires, but you need to trust someone to have a sensitive dialog in the first place. Make sure logging is turned off and I think you'll be better off than with email.

by jcitizen

Our organization is going to web-based email by Microsoft, using Secure Socket Layer. As the gentleman said - SSL communication is still backward compatible with clear text - and this is the problem. Perhaps we need a new SSL standard?

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