Beyond Encryption is looking to extend its email security software into new markets as more organisations look to secure their data.
To date the British firm has built up a client base in the heavily regulated legal, financial, and accountancy sectors. However, it said its email encryption software, Mailock, can be applied to any environments that deal with significant amounts of sensitive data, such as the public sector. It utilises encryption and ID authentication capabilities to help organisations protect sensitive data when communicating with clients.
Beyond Encryption said the exponential growth in cybercrime means businesses across all sectors are realising the need to protect both their and their customers’ information while interacting online. As such, the problem isn’t specific to financial services.
“A lot of people can do encryption. The bit that not many people do very well is authenticating the recipient in a way that is simple but is secure. And the third challenge, which is something that we’ve taken very seriously, is to help people support their customers in not putting themselves in danger as well,” said Beyond Encryption chief commercial officer (CCO) Adam Byford.
“We are help trying to help general populace to protect their identity online when sending sensitive information via email.”
Byford said that having recently gone through a re-mortgage process, it was evident improvements to both the user experience and the security of the transaction are called for.
“The mortgage broker asked me to just email across a copy of my passport, driving licence, bank statements – that’s a horrendous thing to ask people to do. and then you’re exposing them to tremendous risk.”
However, another of the problems organisations face is misdirected email. To counter this, Byford said Beyond Encryption has built features within the product that help ensure the appropriate recipient is the addressee of the mail.
“We wrap the messages in an alias encryption capability so on its pathway through to the recipient, it’s secure. We’ve got the means by which the recipient has to authenticate themselves. Because that’s the other challenge as set by the ICO – it’s all well and good sending it securely, but are you certain that the person that’s reading it is the person you intended it to go to?”
