E-mail Plug-in

Entrust Entelligence™ E-mail Plug-in, a key component of the Entrust Secure Messaging Solution, provides security for internal and external e-mail communications when used with e-mail applications such as Microsoft® Outlook®.

E-mail Plug-in leverages an organization's current enterprise infrastructure and integrates with most existing messaging platforms to enable users to seamlessly deliver security to e-mail messages while in transit and while stored on the desktop.

Key features include:

'Government Strength' security

• E-mail Plugin, along with Desktop Manager, have been successfully validated against NIST's PKI Test Suite (PKITS) and Federal Bridge Enabled Path Validation Module requirements

Seamless integration and standards-based interoperability

• can be installed in an organization's existing Microsoft® Outlook® messaging environment
• uses open standards such as S/MIME, PKCS#12 and X.509 certificates
• meets the mandatory requirements for U.S. Federal Government NIST through S/MIME v3 profile, including algorithm suites, CMS content types, MIME encoding, S/MIME Message generation, S/MIME Message Reception and Processing, parsing of the MIME header, processing return receipts, support for Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME (secure signed receipts)

Ease of use

• users need only click on the appropriate icons to secure an e-mail message using encryption and/or digital signatures
• administrators make security decisions on behalf of all users from one control center - Entrust Entelligence Desktop Manager
• single login into Windows provides additional ease-of-use to the end user
• reduced calls to the help desk keeps IT support budgets in check

Transparent security management

• automatically checks the status of certificates when sending and receiving messages, instantaneously verifies the validity of both the sender and recipient, and permits only trusted certificates to be used to encrypt and/or sign messages
• handles key and certificate updates seamlessly when certificates expire
• provides key backup and recovery, allowing users to access older encrypted e-mail as an inherent feature of the security solution

End-user and content verification

• uses digital signatures to verify the identity of the sender, and protect the integrity of the message and any content that is sent as an attachment
• works with devices and hardware tokens that can be used to provide stronger authentication

Content scanning

• automatically and transparently encrypts outbound e-mail messages for S/MIME compliant content scanners