Free Email Encryption: No More Excuses

July 26, 2011 - PRLog -- With the constant threats of hackers, viruses, phishing and identity theft, as well as the need to secure business information, email security should be high priority for all businesses. However, many businesses are not using email encryption even though they often collect, store and transmit personal and confidential information using unencrypted email.

Meanwhile, consumer and government concern over privacy protection continues to grow as well-known companies have become victims of security breaches and having their customer data stolen and exposed. Identity theft grew exponentially in the past few years and identity protection services are a new thriving business. Still, businesses remain reluctant to use email encryption.

Many business owners have their head in the sand and believe that security breaches only happen to other people. Even some banks and credit card companies, as well as many other companies, are missing the boat on email encryption. For example, if you forget your password, they’ll email you a new one using open text, unencrypted email.

When it comes to email encryption, it is a common misconception that the more complicated, state of the art, expensive solutions provide the best protection. Even though this isn’t true, small businesses often feel that they are at a disadvantage when it comes to email security because they cannot afford to deploy such solutions and that email encryption is complicated and the hassle of exchanging security keys and passwords is just too much effort.

The fact is, there are simple, low-cost and even free effective email encryption solutions available in the market. Sending encrypted email is as easy as sending unencrypted email. For example, the free email encryption service from Sendinc allows you to quickly compose and send encrypted email messages using your own email address and only your recipients will be able to view your message by clicking on a link in a secure email. The recipient simply creates a password the first time they receive an encrypted email and they can view the message. You can try the free email encryption service at https://www.sendinc.com/. There is nothing to purchase, install, configure, or maintain and there are no keys to generate, publish, or maintain. For users wishing to take advantage of more advanced features there’s Sendinc Pro @ $5 / month.

A recent report from CIOL.com suggested that companies should employ encryption to limit the risk of certain data protection threats from cyber criminals. By using encryption software, emails are hidden behind an additional security layer, which prevents unauthorized parties from accessing the information within them. Another benefit is protection from cyber criminals. As they become more adept at penetrating firewalls and other security measures, encrypting email files adds one more layer of security through which they must navigate.

While using email archiving and various other solutions has been a big step for companies, securing information during transfer is as important as protecting it for long-term storage. It’s critical for businesses to have security measures in place to protect sensitive data and email encryption is a key step in data protection.  So what’s stopping you from sending encrypted email if there are easy and free email encryption services available?

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