Make no mistake, the personal and financial data held by financial advisers, legal practices and estate agents is valuable. Not just to clients, but to fraudsters keen to access it. Which makes low-cost, simple but effective enterprise email encryption an absolute necessity for safeguarding sensitive client data. Intellesec decodes the benefits of email encryption.
It’s estimated that 146 billion records will be exposed in data breaches over the next five years, with 33 billion in 2023 alone, according to figures from Juniper Research. Considering that 24% of all data breaches are caused by human error and 77% of all phished organisations are financial institutions, the case in favour of email encryption solutions is a strong one.
To prove beyond all reasonable doubt that all professional service organisations should be using email encryption as a matter of course, let’s take a closer look at what it is, how it works and its various benefits
What is email encryption??
Email is a notoriously vulnerable medium. Email encryption makes it safer by rendering your messages unreadable from the point of origin through to delivery at the recipient’s end. Even if a hacker were to intercept one of your encrypted emails, they wouldn’t be able to decipher the coded contents without a considerable degree of effort.
How does email encryption work?
Email encryption solutions typically employ a public key infrastructure (PKI), whereby a public key known only to permitted contacts can be used to encrypt messages and a private key known only to you is used to decrypt the content of the message. This method also enables you to add a digital signature to all your emails to verify that the email has really come from you.
What data should be encrypted?
All confidential and proprietary data should be encrypted, in an ideal world. In the modern business climate, that applies to small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) just as much as it does to multinational enterprises. Everything from banking and billing information to legal documents, medical records, passport numbers and credit card numbers should only be sent using secure, end-to-end email encryption.
It’s worth noting that email encryption should be used consistently across all your messages. It might sound obvious, but if you only use email encryption solutions to encrypt the most sensitive of messages, while the vast majority of your other messages are sent unencrypted, you are essentially highlighting the most valuable emails to hackers. That in itself somewhat defeats the purpose of email encryption!
Enterprise email encryption solutions?
Intellesec offers one-click, end-to-end encrypted email solutions that give you total peace of mind that your data is always safe. Our highly secure encryption methods ensure confidential emails and file transfers reach your recipients safely each and every time. Proof of delivery also ensures that your business remains fully compliant with data protection regulations, especially GDPR.
Intellesec’s encrypted email solutions integrate with your existing email platform. With no additional software needed, your employees can start sending securely encrypted emails from their existing email addresses straight away. Our secure enterprise email encryption services also include legally binding and internationally recognised electronic signatures for unbeatable convenience.
Contact Intellesec today
For more information about our email encryption solutions, or to discuss your cyber security requirement in more detail, please contact Intellesec today on 0116 3266123 or email hello@intellesec.co.uk.
