How Protected Trust™ Works

Sending a message

If you are an Outlook user, simply create a new message. Compose your message as you normally would. You can even add attachments. Click Send, and then log in to Protected Trust. Next, you choose how you want your recipient to identify him or herself. You can ask the user to just use his or her own Protected Trust credentials, or, you can ask the user to answer a secret question or respond to a phone call or text message. You message will then be encrypted and sent to the recipient.

Outlook users should download the Outlook add-in for this seamless integration.

If you want to send a message through the Protected Trust web site, the steps are almost the same. Just login, type your message, click Send, and specify how the recipient is to identify himself or herself. It's simple!

The message is scrambled using the very strong AES encryption algorithm with a 256-bit key.  The Protected Trust™ server then keeps the key safe from unauthorized users.

Receiving a message

If you are an Outlook user, just open the message as you normally would. Protected messages are shown with a special icon (). You'll be asked to log in (if you haven't already) and possibly to answer the sender's secret question or respond to an automated phone call or text message. The message will be decrypted and you can now read it and even reply to it.

Outlook users should download the Outlook add-in for this seamless integration.

If you are not an Outlook user, you will receive a notification e-mail with a link to the Protected Trust web site. Just click on the link, log in, and possibly answer the sender's secret question or respond to the phone call or text message. You can now reply to the sender's message by simply clicking Reply.

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