{"id":1065,"date":"2019-11-27T06:55:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T06:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sectigostore.com\/page\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2022-04-29T05:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T05:20:00","slug":"encrypt-an-email-on-gmail-or-outook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sectigostore.com\/page\/encrypt-an-email-on-gmail-or-outook\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Encrypt an Email & Send It Through Gmail or Outlook?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Data privacy concerns are on the rise, and they are creating quite a stir in the cyber security community. Encryption, as a means to have private conversations that cannot be read by a snooping third party, or as a solution to transfer files untampered, is gaining momentum. If you\u2019ve been asking yourself, \u201cbut how do I encrypt an email?\u201d you\u2019ve come to the right place. But before getting into how to send a secure email, let\u2019s gain an understanding of encryption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Email Encryption?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Email encryption makes your messages unreadable\nto anyone other than the intended recipient to preserve confidentiality. It\nworks on the principles of public key infrastructure, or PKI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The concept revolves around two keys \u2014 public and private. The public key, which is stored on a key server, is accessible to everyone and is used to encrypt the messages on the sender\u2019s end. The corresponding private key, which should be stored in a separate location, is used to decrypt the message on the receiver\u2019s end.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Send Encrypted Email in Gmail?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gmail comes with S\/MIME support built into it \u2014 which works so long as both the sender and the receiver have S\/MIME enabled. This method works only with G Suite Enterprise and G Suite Enterprise for Education accounts. The following steps below will tell you how to send encrypted email using Gmail: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Naturally,\nthe first step to encrypt your emails with Gmail is to turn on this setting.\nYou can follow Google’s instructions to enable S\/MIME<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Once\nyou’ve done that, continue writing your message as you usually would.<\/li>
  3. Next, look\nfor a lock icon next to the recipient and click on it.<\/li>
  4. You can change the S\/MIME settings and encryption details by clicking on view details. The following color codes denote the various encryption levels: <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n