A new encryption solution

Unified Communications This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to deliver to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. Network World's Unified Communications Newsletter, 10/18/07 A new encryption solution By Michael Osterman E-mail encryption is widely deployed, but is not commonly used by the average e-mail user in the workplace. While encryption is important for a wide variety of communications because of regulatory requirements or simply to protect intellectual property or sensitive content, a lot of information that should be encrypted is sent in clear text. Kryptiva is 12-employee Canadian start-up that has developed a hosted encryption solution designed to make it relatively easy for individuals to send encrypted e-mail on a one-off basis. Using a plug-in to the user’s e-mail client, a sender sends a message to a locally installed packaging server that encrypts it and returns it to the plug-in/client. The encrypted e-mail is then sent like a normal e-mail using any e-mail server.  If a recipient also has Kryptiva’s packaging server installed, that server receives the signature from the sender, verifies it and then provides the key used to decrypt the e-mail. Alternatively, the recipient’s plug-in can request the password for authentication and send it to Kryptiva’s online service for verification. The online service then provides the signature to the recipient’s plug-in for decryption. If a recipient does not have the Kryptiva plug-in, the recipient forwards the e-mail to the online service and another e-mail is returned to the recipient that contains a URL for accessing the content. After the link is clicked, the recipient enters a password to read the content. All VoIP Security. All in One Place. From buying tips to peer discussions. From case studies to market trends. Network World's newly enhanced VoIP Security Buyer's Guide has everything you need to stay current, research technology, compare products and implement solutions - all in one convenient location. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. Kryptiva’s solution was launched a couple of weeks ago. Although there are a variety of very good on-premise and hosted solutions currently on the market, Kryptiva’s solution is worth a look, particularly for organizations that don’t want to deploy an on-premise solution.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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