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What is Securemail?
SecureMail is a way to send secure email over the
Internet. It is necessary because many communications between
government, businesses and people include personal in-confidence
information. SecureMail has to provide sufficient security to protect
the privacy and rights of an individual as well as the integrity of an
organisation.
SecureMail is designed using the lessons learnt from an existing E-government initiative, known as SEEMail. SEEMail has been operating since 2000 and is used by over forty government agencies as a means for the secure exchange of email and attachments using the Internet.
Used appropriately, SecureMail provides a high level of assurance that:
- The FROM: address has not been faked (spoofed).
- No unauthorised person has read or altered the message.
An analogy is that SecureMail provides the option to send a message on letterhead paper in a sealed envelope, where previously all messages were typically sent as a postcard.
Further Information
SecureMail Project
For more information, contact securemail@ssc.govt.nz or by post:
Attn: SecureMail project team
ICT Branch
State Services Commission
PO Box 329
WELLINGTON
