Email Encryption
Secures email content and attachments to prevent unauthorised access.
"Secures email communications by encrypting messages in transit, helping organisations protect sensitive information and meet compliance requirements."
Encrypt email messages and attachments to protect confidentiality
Organisations routinely send personal, financial or regulated information by email and need to prevent unauthorised access to that content. Email can be misdirected, intercepted or stored in ways that increase exposure, creating a practical confidentiality risk for IT teams to manage.
Email Encryption applies cryptographic protection to messages and attachments and gives authorised recipients a mechanism to retrieve or decrypt secured mail. That allows teams to maintain control over message confidentiality across their mail estate and supports technical controls relevant to data protection obligations.
Where Email Encryption is used
Protecting patient records, financial statements and legal documents sent by email so only intended recipients can view them. This reduces the risk of data breaches caused by misaddressed mail or insecure transit.
Securing outbound communications from Microsoft 365 or Exchange systems in organisations that handle regulated data or where IT teams need simple, reliable encryption controls without running additional in-house infrastructure.
Suitable environments
Best suited to UK organisations that handle sensitive personal or financial data, regulated sectors and firms using Microsoft 365 or Exchange. It fits environments where in-house security teams are small and a straightforward way to apply email-level confidentiality controls is required.
Benefits
Protect sensitive information
Ensures confidential data is secured when sent via email.
Prevent data leakage
Reduces the risk of sensitive information being exposed in transit.
Meet compliance requirements
Supports regulatory obligations for secure communication of sensitive data.
Secure external communications
Protects emails sent to recipients outside the organisation.
Simplify secure email usage
Applies encryption automatically without requiring user intervention.
Maintain trust and confidentiality
Ensures communications remain private and secure.
Improve auditability of communications
Provides visibility into encrypted email activity for governance and audit.
