Today Symantec introduces the new Policy Based Encryption Essentials functionality to the Email Safeguard and Email and Web Safeguard plans of Email Security.cloud.
This new functionality will give customers the ability to push encrypted messages to recipients with no dependencies on encryption technologies supported by the third party. Policy Based Encryption Essentials will be available to all new and existing Email Safeguard and Email and Web Safeguard customers, or any customer provisioned with the Email Data Protection service.
Additionally, Symantec is simplifying our encryption options for Email Security.cloud by reducing to a single encryption provider. The Policy Based Encryption (E) add-on service will be enhanced and renamed to Symantec™ Policy Based Encryption Advanced.
The Policy Based Encryption Advanced add-on will continue to be fully brandable and will support existing Push and Pull encryption methods along with new encryption technologies which will help ensure that enterprises can communicate securely with each other, no matter which encryption platforms they have.
These new features will be available to existing PBE E customers and new customers who purchase the Policy Based Encryption Advanced add-on. Policy Based Encryption Advanced requires the Email Security.cloud Email Safeguard plan, Email and Web Safeguard plan, or Email Data Protection.
To learn more about the new features available in Policy Based Encryption Advanced, download the data sheet.
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A number of enhancements to Policy Based Encryption for Email Security.cloud are now available to improve the ease of use and extend the capabilities of Policy Based Encryption. These enhancements are specific to each encryption service, either PBE-E or PBE-Z.
Policy Based Encryption E
- Outlook Plugin Enhancements – Encrypting from within Outlook is streamlined, and senders now have the ability to set a one-time portal password that recipients can use to pick up their messages without creating an account.
- Attempt TLS – When enabled, PBE-E will attempt to use TLS as the first choice to securely deliver messages with no extra effort required by the sender or recipient. If TLS is not supported by the third party recipient’s mail server, push or pull encryption will be used.
- Pickup Portal Enhancements – The pickup portal user interface has been improved for faster navigation, message sorting, and advanced searching. Messages can now be exported to save locally in a variety of formats.
Policy Based Encryption Z
- Encryption Reporting Portal – This new portal allows administrators to view and search for messages that have been encrypted. Administrators can see how a message was encrypted, if it was successfully delivered, and when. Data can also be exported for reporting.
Learn more about these features by reading the attached PDF documents.
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