
Nowadays when more and more sensitive information is stored on computers and transmitted over the Internet, we need to ensure information security and safety.
One of the most common uses of encryption is encrypting emails. Sending sensitive messages, documents and files over the Internet is like sending a postcard as all emails are transmitted in an unsecured form. It doesn't depend on if you send emails via public and private networks. Your message is totally open to interception by anyone along the way - so anybody - your ISP, your boss, etc. can read your emails. Even if you connect to your server and send your emails via SSL, it only means that your emails can't be seen while transmitting between you and your server. When your email reaches your server, it can be seen by your email service provider. Then your server usually sends your email to the recipient in an unsecured way and your email can also be easily seen by anyone.
Private network, where email goes directly to a mail server and resides there until it is retrieved, also doesn't provide necessary security level, as you email can be seen e.g. by network administrator, your boss, etc.
Of course, you may believe that your personal email does not contain any private information, but everyone has got something to keep in secret from his family, neighbors or colleagues. It could be financial, sexual, social, political, or professional secrets. There is really only one sure way to protect your email privacy - using encryption.
One of the most common uses of encryption is encrypting emails. Sending sensitive messages, documents and files over the Internet is like sending a postcard as all emails are transmitted in an unsecured form. It doesn't depend on if you send emails via public and private networks. Your message is totally open to interception by anyone along the way - so anybody - your ISP, your boss, etc. can read your emails. Even if you connect to your server and send your emails via SSL, it only means that your emails can't be seen while transmitting between you and your server. When your email reaches your server, it can be seen by your email service provider. Then your server usually sends your email to the recipient in an unsecured way and your email can also be easily seen by anyone.
Private network, where email goes directly to a mail server and resides there until it is retrieved, also doesn't provide necessary security level, as you email can be seen e.g. by network administrator, your boss, etc.
Of course, you may believe that your personal email does not contain any private information, but everyone has got something to keep in secret from his family, neighbors or colleagues. It could be financial, sexual, social, political, or professional secrets. There is really only one sure way to protect your email privacy - using encryption.

