Secure Email Project

This week we learned how to send digitally signed and encrypted emails. These tools come in handy for businesses when they need to send and receive important information via the web.

Above is a Screen Shot of the digitally signed and encrypted email I sent to Dr. Means.

As I was searching for articles about Businesses that have used (or should have used) secure email and other security, I found an interesting blog post at Blog.intuit.com...

http://blog.intuit.com/money/10-ways-to-protect-your-data-from-hackers/

The post basically lists the steps small businesses can take to protect themselves from hackers. Some of the steps include...

-Creating Strong Passwords

-Installing Anti-Virus Programs

-Setting Up Firewalls

-Creating Backup Files

-Performing Regular Updates

In addition to the above blog, I found an article on BusinessDay.com about AdaptIT and Iron Mountain, two companies joining forces to provide software security to businesses in South Africa. According to the article these companies are performing one of the most important services available to the local South African companies...information protection. The article states that according to research done by AdaptIT “93% of all computer users have lost data in the past three years. One out of every two companies that lost data in a disaster was out of business within two years.” They protect these companies from data loss and also help them recover any information that may have been already lost. You can read more about AdaptIT and Iron Mountain and their partnership here at http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=139366