File and email security.A new version of FileAssurity OpenPGP is available from ArticSoft. FileAssurity provides integration with Windows Explorer so that users need only 'right-click' to encrypt, sign, decrypt To convert secretly coded data (encrypted data) back into its original form. Contrast with encrypt. See plaintext and cryptography. , verify, email, create secure notes and securely delete files. Other features include the ability to encrypt and email message text and attachments in one operation; a secure text editor, automatic updating of trusted certificate authorities and one-click secure file deletion that exceeds US government standards. Also available in the new version of FileAssurity OpenPGP is an archive facility that will encrypt files to a zip file without needing to use WinZip or similar application. This means files can be encrypted, digitally signed, zipped and emailed in one operation straight from Windows Explorer. ArticSoft supplies free-reader software so that any recipients of secured files can verify and unprotect them safely without having to purchase FileAssurity software. Rather than relying on password technology, FileAssunty OpenPGP is based on Open PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of technology and provides the same protection as PKI products while supporting the encryption and decryption (cryptography) decryption - Any procedure used in cryptography to convert ciphertext (encrypted data) into plaintext. of PGP-protected files as well as the generation, import and export of PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) A data encryption program from PGP Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (www.pgp.com). Published as freeware in 1991 and widely used around the world for encrypting e-mail messages and securing files, PGP is available for commercial use and as freeware for and PKI cryptographic keys. It uses full-strength PKI technology and the FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 197 approved AES encryption algorithm at its strongest key length of 256 bits. www.articsoft.com |
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