Secure E-mail

I didn't find a particular company that used a secure e-mail but I did find articles about banks using secure e mail data protection steps. The article is pretty much about how the banking business does so many transactions and activities online that it makes perfect sense for them to use a secure e-mail system. Or just any sort of security measurements that help protect data. The article talks about if data isn't secure then we can have viruses. Viruses are a major email security hazard that companies simply cannot afford to ignore. Over 11,000 different computer viruses exist to date and some 300 new ones are created each month. Their effects range from negligible to bothersome to destructive. The article also talks about information leaking, various studies have shown how employees use email to send out confidential corporate information. Be it because they are disgruntled and revengeful, or because they fail to realize the potentially harmful impact of such a practice, employees use email to share sensitive data that was officially intended to remain in-house. And one more important thing spam. About 90 per cent of email users receive spam - or unsolicited commercial mail - at least once a week, a survey conducted by the Gartner Group shows. The research results, issued in June 1999, revealed that almost half those surveyed were spammed six or more times a week. The study surveyed 13,000 email users. Banks do a lot of things via e-mail including reaching the customer, bill paying, checking balances, etc. And if the customer sees this kind of stuff they will be turned off and maybe just maybe move to another bank.

http://www.safetysend.com/secure_email.htm