Secure E-mail Module

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The Importance of E-mail

Thanks to widely used internet and computer systems, companies and organizations can require their employees cooperate together and share information extensively even if they are located at different places. E-mail services play significant role as means of information sharing and they gain importance day by day. It has become very usual to have reports, plans and design documents containing proprietary corporate data flowing over e-mail servers. These emails and documents mostly remain accessible to unauthorized people. Having accessed by malicious people, the leakage of those valuable e-mails can cause severe commercial damage and weaken the brand power of the company which makes e-mail protection a clear requirement.

Brochure

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Security Needs

Secure E-Mail Module provides the advantages listed below;

  • Encrypted and signed e-mail
  • User friendly security functions
  • Easy installation and management of security functions
  • Smartcard and token usage for advanced key management
  • Conforming to existing security infrastructure

KERMEN E-mail Security Solution

Kermen Secure E-mail Module works in conformance with the other components of Electronic Certificate Management Infrastructure (ESYA) such as Certification Authority and Registration Authority and provides users with secure e-mail communication services.

Proposed Solutions

E-mail Encryption and Signing

Only authorized users can open and read encrypted e-mails. The creator of the signed e-mails can be cryptographically proven by the signature.

Full Integration with Office Applications

Full integration with office applications which have become industrial standard.

Access to user groups

It is possible to send encrypted/signed e-mail to user groups defined over domain

Content Categorization

E-mails can be categorized by the users according to their contents and encrypted by different algorithms.

Advantages

High technology

  • Key management with Smartcard and tokens
  • Compatible with international security standards

Ease of Use

  • User friendly design preserving common user experiences
  • Multi language support

Technical Specifications

Operating System
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Pardus Corporate Edition
Hardware Requirements
• Intel/AMD processor
• 1 MB RAM
• 500 MB disk space

Supported Software
• Microsoft Outlook 2000+
• Thunderbird 17+

Supported Standards
• X.509 v3 Certificates
• X.509 v2 Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL)
• Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)
• S/MIME
• LDAP
Directory Services
• Automatic retrieval of user certificates from directory
• Compatible with all X.500 directory servers (Iplanet, DirX, Active Directory etc.)
PKI Services
• Certificate validation
• OCSP support
• Cross certification
Basic Security Functions
• E-mail Encryption and signing using X.509 certificates
• Decryption and validation of secure e-mails using X.509 certificates and smartcards.
• User group integration
Other services
• E-mail classification and defining different security levels
• HTML E-mail content
Cryptographic Features
• RSA, DSA and Elliptic Curve algorithms
• S/MIME with 3DES, AES encryption algorithms
• SHA-1 and SHA-2 family hash algorithms
Cryptographic Hardware Support
• PKCS 11 compliant smartcards and tokens
• PFX support for soft keys.
Proprietary Features
• Developed by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM UEKAE
• Quick on-demand customization