Encryption of information – What does it mean?
Information should be encrypted to protect it from unauthorised access (confidentiality). This applies particularly to the exchange of sensitive information.
You can think of encryption as a secret code system for your information. To protect your digital communications, encryption converts your readable information into a kind of secret code that can only be read with a special key.
The following table provides recommendations for exchanging encrypted information in different scenarios. The tiles below the table will take you to instructions on how to use the different encryption methods.
Recommendations for encrypted sharing
| Medium | Solution | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S/MIME certificate | all major email clients | The use of certificates is limited with web mail and is not possible with Wingate. | |
| Individual files or folders internally | ZIM central file server | Windows, macOS, Linux | No further encryption is required. |
| Single files or folders with external (one-time) | 7-Zip | Windows, macOS, Linux | For macOS there is a command line version (for tech-savvy users), alternatively The Unarchiver could be used. |
| Single files or folders with external (regular) | Cryptomator | Windows, macOS, Linux | For encryption in the cloud, you should use the desktop client of the cloud solution. |
