In a message dated 01/09/2000 18:56:08 GMT Daylight Time,
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> If this was information about you, wouldn't you encrypt it before putting
it
> in an e-mail?
All were good but this is one I would not try unless I want to dig
holes for myself. Encryption should not be put down at the user
level. It should be an organisational issue that the IT dept. would
have to support (at a cost of course) and so on and on.
If the facilities are in place then have the poster .. but somehow I
doubt such facilities are in place in many organisations. >>
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Charles
This one was aimed at local authorities who may have departments like Social
Services who wish to use e-mail for transferring sensitive data on occasion.
Not all their e-mails would need encrypting but the poster would draw their
attention to encryption when the details they were dealing with warranted
such action. It may also be the case (unlike in academic institutions) that
Social Services would not want IT people to make the decision, nor indeed see
the contents of the e-mail.
In terms of the facilities to encrypt I would suggest that most departments
who handle very sensitive data - especially those who know that e-mails are
inherently insecure - would have installed such software by now.
Sorry for the confusion, y'all.
Ian Buckland
MD
Keep IT Legal Ltd
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