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Sophos Secure Message encryption

Sophos Secure Message encryption protects your sensitive content.

There are two encryption methods that Sophos customers can use to send secure encrypted emails.

With both methods, when someone sends you an encrypted email, you're sent a notification email first. To find out which one was used, check the wording in your notification email:

  • If you see “an encrypted email”, the sender used Push Encryption.
  • If you see “an encrypted message via Sophos Secure Message”, the sender used Portal Encryption.

What is Push Encryption?

With Push Encryption, an encrypted email is delivered directly to your inbox, just like any standard email. Before it's delivered, you must set a password. The email is then delivered to you as a password-protected document file in an email.

You read and reply to encrypted emails from your usual email software.

The password you set is used for all encrypted emails sent to you until you change it.

See Push Encryption.

What is Portal Encryption?

With Portal Encryption, you sign in to the Sophos Secure Message portal to read and manage your encrypted emails. This is a secure web-based email client.

See Portal Encryption.

More information

For information about Sophos, go to https://www.sophos.com/en-us.aspx.

For information about Sophos Email, go to https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/sophos-email.aspx.