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3 Easy Way to increase and boost Your E-mail security

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Published By Mohit Jha
Nimisha Ramesh
Approved By Nimisha Ramesh
Published On November 18th, 2022
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Security Measures at a Glance

Using Digital Signature to verify the identity of the message sender
Having your emails digitally signed gives you benefits in so many different ways:

By use of encryption
Encryption will safeguard your email from eve droppers or other external threats

Use of Information Rights Management (IRM)
Using the features of IRM one can protect confidential content from getting duplicated, printed or forwarded.

1) Using Digital Signature

Using Digital Signature to verify the identity of the message sender
Having your emails digitally signed gives you benefits in so many different ways:

How/Where to get the digital certifications From ?
You can buy or get a trial or even the free version of the certificated that are recommended by Microsoft. Go through the link to get list of Digital Certificates

How to Install the Digital Certifications in Outlook?
The first and foremost thing you need to do is to Get and install the digital certificates on your computer. Do the following steps to on your Outlook application

  • Open Outlook 2013
  • Click on File
  • Click on Options
  • A new Window will appear click on the last option (Trust Center)
  • Click Trust Center Setting (in the main Window panel)
  • Click on Email Security and then in the “Digital IDs” section Click on “Get a Digital ID” which will navigate you to the Outlook Support Page for Getting IDs
  • One of the certificate issuer is Comodo which provides free certification for personal use. Go and signup for the personal page and after the email confirmation your certificates will get installed.

How to activate Digital Signature in Outlook 2010
To add digital signature in Outlook 2010 version follow these steps:

  • Click on File
  • Then Click on Options
  • Trust Center
  • Trust center setting
  • E-mail Security

Or watch the Video to see in action

How to activate Digital Signature in Outlook 2013
To add or configure digital signature in Outlook 2013 do the following steps:

  • Open Outlook 2013
  • Click on File
  • Click on Options
  • A new Window will appear click on the last option (Trust Center)
  • Click Trust Center Setting (in the main Window panel)
  • Click on Email Security and then in the main Window Check the “Add digital Signature to all Outgoing messages”

Or watch the Video to see in action

2) Secure Using Encryption

What is Encryption?
In simple words it is the process of converting the message into an alien language which is known only to you and the intended receiver of the email and for the rest your message will be nothing but garbage words(due to ciphering). You can read more about encryption in email on Microsoft website.

Encryption in MS Outlook- for single and all emails
In Outlook you can either encrypt the message while you compose them or you can set a default setting which will automatically encrypt all outgoing messages.
To encrypt individual messages
You can encrypt the message at the time of composing it. At the time of writing new email just click the option tab and select the Encrypt icon and you done.
If you want all your emails to be send automatically in encrypted form you can do it simply by making some changes in the Outlook setting.

  • File
  • Options
  • Trust Center => Trust Center setting
  • Email Security
  • Select the email content and attachments for Outgoing messages radio button

Stop message from getting forward, copy, or print
You can prevent unauthorized use of email that you sent from getting forward, duplicated, or printed using the Information Right Management.

3) Protect Email from forwarding or getting printed

Protect emails using Information Right Management (IRM)
You can prevent unauthorized use of email that you sent from getting forward, duplicated, or printed using the Information Right Management. Apply the below restrictions on Outlook Email client to prevent the recipient from forwarding, copying or printing your email.

Process of implementing IRM

  • Follow these steps to initiate the IRM Services:
  • Start a new email
  • Click on options
  • Click Permission

Issues in IRM

The use of IRM requires access to an IRM server. (You can get it for free using Outlook email ID or can create your own IRM server.)