Email Boundary Encryption Service

MessageLabs Email Boundary Encryption service securely encrypts your email communications and all the information they contain, while still enabling messages to be scanned thoroughly for malware and inappropriate content. Keeping your sensitive information secure as well as meeting compliance and confidentiality regulations.

Why use MessageLabs Email Boundary Encryption Service?

Data contained in emails can be intercepted and then read, deleted or altered before it reaches the intended destination. Our Email Boundary Encryption service ensures the complete confidentiality of email communications and the information they contain. It requires minimal in-house management and avoids the need to use or invest in complicated in-house hardware or software.

Email Boundary Encryption Features		Email Boundary Encryption Benefits
Provides secure encryption of email communications with nominated organisations		Promotes trust and good relationships with your partners and clients
Fully encrypts every email sent and received within a private network		Ensures total data security plus full compliance with privacy regulations
Automatically encrypts emails according to your specified policy		Allows you to retain flexibility of operation
Encrypts email header, subject, body and attachment		Protects the confidentiality of every part of all email messages sent
Only one encrypted channel to maintain, with no additional hardware or software		Reduces capital outlay and internal administration and management costs

Approach - Email Boundary Encryption Service

MessageLabs Email Boundary Encryption service sets up a completely secure private email network that connects your employees with the clients and partners you specify. The encryption service is underpinned by our use of TLS technology to encrypt the whole email connection between the sender’s and recipient’s mailservers. Two key benefits are delivered: (i) every element of an email sent over the network is securely encrypted, including body text, subject line, attachments, and the names of sender, recipient(s) and everyone copied in; and (ii) an email is only sent if a secure connection can be established. Every email remains totally transparent to its intended recipient and no complicated retrieval procedures are necessary.

 

Policy Based Encryption Service

MessageLabs Policy Based Encryption service helps safeguard the confidentiality of sensitive data you exchange with customers and other stakeholders via email. Enhancing your ability to maintain client trust and comply with data security legislation, the service automatically encrypts all emails containing sensitive information – automatically, instantly, securely – helping to prevent interception and misuse.

Why Use MessageLabs Policy Based Encryption Service?

MessageLabs managed Policy Based Encryption service helps you save resources previously used trying to monitor email traffic – at a low, predictable total cost of ownership. It scans every element of every message, including attachments. Any word, phrase or number specified as sensitive in your messaging and encryption policies will trigger encryption of the entire email.

Policy Based Encryption Features		Policy Based Encryption Benefits
Automatic encryption of sensitive emails		Minimizes rogue emails leaking confidential data; facilitates regulatory compliance
Wide range of email delivery mechanisms		Provides easy access to encrypted emails
Secure reply and compose capabilities		Allows secure, two-way emailing for all recipients
Read receipts automatically forwarded to email senders		Provides confidence that messages are successfully delivered
Compatibility with various platforms, including BlackBerry and Windows mobile		Supports sender platforms; no need for contacts to have encryption capabilities
Simple to set up, configure, and use, and easy to generate reports		Minimizes burden on administrators and users; detailed reporting enables policy refinement and simplified auditing
Integration with MessageLabs proven security services, leveraging proprietary Skeptic Technology		Provides comprehensive email security and protection for encrypted mail
Fully managed service, including management of encryption keys		Reduces IT management and costs with no need for software, appliances or upgrades

Policy Based Encryption Approach

Helping to guard business relationships and regulatory compliance against the consequences of accidental or deliberate data leakage, every feature of the service is designed to improve the confidentiality of sensitive information and deliver maximum ease of operation. Allowing selective encryption of emails to be implemented right down to individual user level, the service makes it simple to create and enforce effective messaging and encryption policies.

 

• You create messaging and encryption policies tailored to your specific needs.
  
  
• Outbound emails travel between your email server and our infrastructure via a TLS (Transport Layer Security) encrypted tunnel.
  
  
• MessageLabs scans outbound email against your policy. Email triggering a policy is encrypted automatically.
  
  
• The recipient views encrypted email either within their inbox (push) or via a secure web portal (pull).
  
  
• Recipients of encrypted email can send encrypted replies via a secure portal.
  
  
• All emails benefit from Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Image Control scans (if subscribed to these MessageLabs services).

Managed Policy Based Encryption Advantages

The MessageLabs Policy Based Encryption service harnesses sophisticated, leading-edge scanning and encryption capabilities to deliver a cost-effective solution for your email confidentiality requirements. Eliminating the need to invest in, install or upgrade software or appliances and to administer encryption keys, it leaves you in complete control of email policy, information defined as sensitive and encryption rules.

The MessageLabs Policy Based Encryption service provides the following key advantages:

• Automatic encryption with fully customizable policy rules utilizing proven content control policy engine.
  
  
• Granular scanning of all email content and attachments to identify sensitive content.
  
  
• Wide range of encrypted email delivery mechanisms, including push and pull methodologies.
  
  
• Compatibility with various platforms, including BlackBerry and Windows mobile.
  
  
• Integration with Skeptic, MessageLabs proprietary security technology for added protection against viruses and spam.
  
  
• Fully managed, easy-to-use service, no need for in-house software or appliances.
  
  
• 24/7 support and advice from dedicated MessageLabs experts.

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