Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

Anyone concerned about unwanted third parties such as big businesses or even hackers accessing sensitive data or conversations carried out via email might be interested in this quick guide which shows ...

I'm testing encrypting emails from Outlook 2010. I'm using self signed certs issued from our internal CA. The resulting encrypted emails are only showing that the encryption layer is 3DES. (By ...

Q. Recently, I’ve become concerned about the privacy of sending email. What’s a cheap and easy way to protect my email messages? A. I’ve consistently preached that the use of unencrypted email is the ...

Encryption comes in different forms and has been used by different services for years. Messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal use end-to-end encryption to safeguard messages, ensuring that ...

If you have been required to send encrypted emails in the past, you may have utilized the Sophos encryption plugin for Outlook. This plugin is no longer supported at ...

Reflect for a moment on the fact that the “S” in SMTP stands for “simple,” not “secure.” The e-mail protocol was originally developed for a small number of collegial scientists sending messages about ...