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Re: Email Encryption
From: "SCHALIP, MICHAEL" <mschalip () CNM EDU>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:59:56 -0600
This is pretty much the exact same PKI config that most (if not all) of DOE uses.....seemed to be extremely secure, efficient and user-friendly..... M -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Dunker, Mary Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:31 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Email Encryption Virginia Tech will be using personal certificates to encrypt e-mail. We will not require all e-mail to be encrypted -- only that which contains sensitive data. As a "best practice," we need to be able to recover an encrypted transmission, so we'll be escrowing keys and providing a key recovery service. Also, we need to remind our users that a misdirected e-mail, even if encrypted, can be read if encrypted with the wrong person's public key. The mis-direction can happen more easily if certificates are published in a directory, but publishing the certificates enhances usability. Good luck! Mary From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY@LIS= TSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kevin Casey Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 2:52 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Email Encryption We've been encouraged by an outside security firm to encrypt every blessed = note that passes through our Exchange server. This firm deals largely with= entities such as banks, and I'm wondering if this is over-kill in the cont= ext of higher ed. Any thoughts regarding "best practices" on this? Thanks, Kevin __________________________________________ Kevin Casey Executive Director Information Resources Phone: (207) 941-7123 Fax: (207) 941-7988 caseyk () husson edu<mailto:caseyk () husson edu> ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Dunker Director, Secure Enterprise Technology Initiatives Virginia Tech Information Technology 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 540-231-9327 dunker () vt edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Current thread:
- Re: Email Encryption, (continued)
- Re: Email Encryption Matthew Gracie (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption Lang, Matthew (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption Valdis Kletnieks (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption Tim Doty (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption Valdis Kletnieks (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption Jones, Dan (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption Richard Applebee (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption SCHALIP, MICHAEL (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption David Opitz (Jul 25)
- Re: Email Encryption Joe St Sauver (Jul 25)
- Email Encryption Dunker, Mary (Jul 26)
- Re: Email Encryption SCHALIP, MICHAEL (Jul 26)