Summary:
Encryption is not a new concept. Finding its roots in ancient societies, there were many occasions where confidential and strategic information needed to be hidden from prying eyes. Special codes were devised through combinations of letters, numbers, symbols and unique marks. to identify the sender and recipient prior to revealing important secrets. More modern day uses include protection of financial, personnel, contract and privacy needs, such as health/ patient records, banking details, special formulas, legal and business correspondence, strategic plans and to comply with certain laws and regulations for storage and communications such as emails, authorizations, etc.
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) software is a data encryption and decryption computer program that you acquire to provide cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication.
How PGP works? Why use encryption as a tool for safety & compliance..
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Symantec Whole Disk Encryption pricing..
Symantec PGP Desktop Email pricing..
Symantec PGP NetShare pricing..
Purpose- Types and Uses
Symantec Pretty Good Privacy encryption for networks..
Symantec Whole Disk Encryption..
Whole Disk Encryption provides organizations with comprehensive, high performance full disk encryption for all data (user files, swap files, system files, hidden files, etc.) on desktops, laptops, and removable media.
The encrypted data is protected from unauthorized access, providing strong security for intellectual property, customer and partner data. Protected systems can be centrally managed by PGP Universal Server simplifying deployment, policy creation and distribution and reporting.
Overview on how Universal Server works (PDF)
Symantec PGP NetShare.. NetShare overview (PDF)
Allows users to automatically and transparently encrypt files and folders on a file server enabling secure sharing of protected documents, spreadsheets, graphics files and more. PGP NetShare provides client-based encryption that can be managed via PGP Universal Server to enforce corporate data protection and key management policies.
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encrypts email as it is received and sent on desktops and/or laptops, without affecting the end-user email experience.
PGP Desktop Email operates as a proxy, supports the two global email encryption standards, OpenPGP and S/MIME and automatically discovers keys and certificates as required.
