Synergy secures emails
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Law firm Lavan Legal has become the inaugural client for a secure email service that listed Perth technology company, Synergy Equities Group, believes sets a new benchmark.
Lavan has launched the Data-in Crypt SMX secure registered email service to more than 6,000 clients.
The initiative was sponsored by Lavan counsel Martin Bennett, who likens traditional email to sending confidential information on a postcard.
“Everyone knows it isn’t secure but they have to use email to do business,” he said.
Mr Bennett said other secure email solutions were cumbersome, time consuming and costly to install.
Synergy started development of its own secure email service in 2005 but after reviewing available options decided there was no point trying to ‘reinvent the wheel’.
It chose to licence an existing system from US company CertifiedMail.com Inc, which has 1.8 million users.
“Having conducted extensive research in the global marketplace, we found CertifiedMail’s product suite was second to none and it makes a substantial addition to Data-inCrypt’s arsenal of security products,” Synergy managing director Ronald Moir said.
Synergy offers the secure email service as a hosted service within its data centre or as an in-house enterprise software solution.
Following its Australian launch, Synergy plans to introduce the product to the New Zealand market in July 2008.
It also has plans to launch the product in other markets in the Asian region under its 10-year teaming agreement with CertifiedMail.
Mr Bennett said the new service combined ease of use with a high level of security.
Senders of emails can choose the level of security they want with the click of a button, and recipients simply need a password to open secure emails.
A tracking function can record the date and time a message was opened, which Mr Bennett said would assist in court cases where disputes often arise over whether email messages have been received or read.
The system does not require the installation of new software on PCs or laptops.