Email encryption with gmail/office365

tired_dad

Hi,

I need to be able to send encrypted emails (with attachments).

I have google apps for business with I pay for.

I also have an office365 subscription.

My question is do these systems provide a high level of secure email encryption?

or do I need to pay for a system such as egress.

Any advice would be most welcome.

The emails are sensitive data

wongataa

Gmail does appear to offer encryption options. See their help pages for more info. Similarly Office 365 offers options as well. See the relevant support pages.

Debbie_Savard

Depends on what Office 365 subscription you have, Office 365 Business Premium will certainly support encryption in Outlook

tired_dad

to be honest the support pages seem very complex to wade through.

I have the home office 365. I cant see any encryption in it.

Not sure about gmail.

tenchy

How about ProtonMail? It's a web-based email that's free, and comes with encryption by default. The interface is good, and it's hosted in Switzerland, so that provides some additional protection from the snoopers.

VoucherMan

tenchy wrote: »

How about ProtonMail?

Tried it a couple of years ago, but no-one else I knew used it, so not much use.

I do like Thunderbird with Enigmail add-on though. Send & receive encrypted (OpenPGP) mail from any webmail account.

kwikbreaks

https://www.google.co.uk/search?sclient=psy&hl=en&q=gmail+encryption&cad=h

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Google are very keen on encryption. They need to ensure it only them that are harvesting your personal data.

esuhl

Can't you just use PGP? It's a standard means of encrypting communications, so it's well supported on various platforms, and there are plenty of plug-ins, etc. available.

It's not proprietary and encryption/decryption is done locally, so your messages are secure.

https://www.openpgp.org/software/

Step-by-step example for Thunderbird users:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/digitally-signing-and-encrypting-messages