Mimecast: The 5 Types of Email Encryption
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Thursday, May 19, 2022
Today, there are five main types of email encryption, which fall into two distinct categories.
Key Points:
- Today, there are five main types of email encryption, which fall into two distinct categories.
- This constitutes the most affordable type of email encryption but is slightly less secure than end-to-end.
- The most widely used and, arguably, the most important protocols in end-to-end encrypted email, PGP and S/MIME can be found within many email clients.
- While STARTTLS can be a great baseline for email encryption, it is possible to add further layers of protection while messages are in transit.