Build Trust: Avoid Risk Of Data Loss Using Email
As reported by The Register recently, email continues to provide one of the primary openings for the theft of confidential information. On this occasion, potentially 81,000 email accounts were penetrated, adding further evidence of the risk of data loss using email to handle confidential information. This occurrence also shows that it is not just email traffic in transit that is exposed to risk, but also messages that are held in inboxes on email servers.
Minerva from S4Encrypt overcomes this problem
S4E has created Minerva, an application that removes the need to transfer anything confidential or sensitive by email. By creating a highly secure vault for each entity (whether a project, a client, a data room, an insurance policy or any other form of relationship), Minerva will only allow access to authorised users of each specific vault. All data is held, encrypted, in a single place that is accessible online from anywhere in the world.
The instance reported in The Register article provides more evidence of the risk of data loss using email to handle confidential information, and relates to the theft of data of employees in an insurance business in the US. All manner of confidential personal information has been penetrated, including access codes for financial and credit card accounts.
As well as holding personal information securely, Minerva supports the process of gathering this data in the first place. Biometric identity verification creates images and data that are transferred into the digital vault instantly, thus reducing the risk of data loss using email.
Any documents that need to be signed are also held in the vault. Signing these documents takes place within the vault, without the need to transfer them backwards and forwards by email. A comprehensive audit trail records all activity relating to information upload, retrieval and signing.
Build Trust: Avoid Risk Of Data Loss Using Email
All the data held in Minerva vaults is stored in UK data centres accredited to ISO 27001.
For more information on how Minerva can assist your business, please contact us. We will be delighted to discuss your requirements and arrange a demonstration of Minerva.
