E mail encryption
Email encryption and data back up
The email contains sensitive information, such as Social network logins, bank account numbers,bank statement, medical reports, competitive quotation, other personal and business confidential information which should not be revealed to any person other than the recipient. Encryption involves coding the information ormaking into a format that a third party can’t understand the content of email messages in order to protect potentially sensitive information from being read or using from other recipients. Email encryption often includes authentication.
Hackers who gain unauthorized access to an email account can access attachments, content, and even hijack your entire email account.
Things to encrypt in Email
- The connection from your email provider.
- Your actual email messages
- Your stored, cached, or archived email messages
The public key infrastructure (PKI) is used to encrypt and decrypt emails. Each person is assigned a public and private key in the form of digital code.
Email encryption in Gmail
Gmail already has already S/MIME built into the app, but it only works if both the sender and receiver have it enabled. After enabling hosted S/MIME follow the instructions below:
Look for the color codes after encryption:If it is Green, S/MIME encrypted email needs a private key to decrypt the message .Gray signifies that TLS protected email can only decrypt if both the sender and recipient have TLS capabilities. And red for no encryption security.
Direct Email encryption like in Gmail can also be possible in Outlook and ios, but some services like yahoo, Android, AOL need third-party encryption tools like SSL, PGP/MIME for email encryption.
Some e-mail services apps like Proton Mail, Cipher mail, Mailvelopeetc providesmanual encryption for e mail contents, attachments and contacts in the background.
Data back up
Data backup refers to replication of files that is already in secondary storage, so that it may be used to restore the original after any data loss event. Cloud services and related options facilitate easy remote data storage where the data size doesn’t matter.In addition to remote data backup, there areseveral new methods, such as failback and failover systems that automatically switch the destination of data and store securely
There are more than ten different types of data backup, Most commonly used ones are :
1. Full backup:when every single file and folder in the system is backed up.
2. Incremental backup: initially full backup, Subsequent backups only stores changes that were made since the previous backup
3. Differential backup: Similar to incremental backup,This type of backup requires more storage space than incremental backup does, however, but it also allows for a faster restore time.
4. Mirror backup:As the name implies, Mirror back up is when an exact copy is made of the source data. The advantage is that you’re not storing old, obsolete file.
For expert opinion on security services or data back ups contact us:
https://www.cytek.com/contact-us/
Email encryption in Gmail
Gmail already has already S/MIME built into the app, but it only works if both the sender and receiver have it enabled. After enabling hosted S/MIME follow the instructions below:
- Compose your message as you normally do.
- Click on the lock icon to the right of the recipient.
- Click on “view details” to change the S/MIME settings or level of encryption.
Look for the color codes after encryption:If it is Green, S/MIME encrypted email needs a private key to decrypt the message .Gray signifies that TLS protected email can only decrypt if both the sender and recipient have TLS capabilities. And red for no encryption security.
Direct Email encryption like in Gmail can also be possible in Outlook and ios, but some services like yahoo, Android, AOL need third-party encryption tools like SSL, PGP/MIME for email encryption.
Some e-mail services apps like Proton Mail, Cipher mail, Mailvelopeetc providesmanual encryption for e mail contents, attachments and contacts in the background.
Data back up
Data backup refers to replication of files that is already in secondary storage, so that it may be used to restore the original after any data loss event. Cloud services and related options facilitate easy remote data storage where the data size doesn’t matter.In addition to remote data backup, there areseveral new methods, such as failback and failover systems that automatically switch the destination of data and store securely
There are more than ten different types of data backup, Most commonly used ones are :
1. Full backup:when every single file and folder in the system is backed up.
2. Incremental backup: initially full backup, Subsequent backups only stores changes that were made since the previous backup
3. Differential backup: Similar to incremental backup,This type of backup requires more storage space than incremental backup does, however, but it also allows for a faster restore time.
4. Mirror backup:As the name implies, Mirror back up is when an exact copy is made of the source data. The advantage is that you’re not storing old, obsolete file.
For expert opinion on security services or data back ups contact us:
https://www.cytek.com/contact-us/
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