Available for any employee on campus at no charge. Certifies that you sent the email message.
S/MIME (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a widely supported standard used to secure email. It is client-based and allows email messages to be digitally-signed and encrypted. Message encryption is used to preserve the confidentiality of the exchange – only intended recipients should be able to decrypt and view the content. This gives the ability to send sensitive information through email – like passwords, PII (Personally Identifiable Information), payroll, HR, or institutional data that is not for public release etc. – in a secure fashion. Digital-signatures assures the integrity of the received message: that it has come from the individual who sent it with non-modified content. This way a message bearing a valid signature from can be viewed as not being some form of email spam spoofing the From: address or modifying the original messages for malevolent purposes.