Security

Learn how to secure your computer and network with the tools already present on your devices.

Benefits

Use Encyro from Gmail

Install the Encyro addon for Gmail and read incoming secure messages or uploads directly from within Gmail. You may also download files and securely reply, reply-all, or forward a secure message. You may

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Security

Encyro Update: Eleven New Features!

New Encyro features make it easy to sort folders alphabetically, print your secure message, add custom text to notification emails, and showcase your branding in more places. Checkout the full list!

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Security

Three Ways to Encrypt Email in Outlook: Comparison and Setup Instructions

Did you know that the Microsoft Outlook desktop application offers three methods to encrypt emails, including the latest OME option that does not require installing certificates and lets you send encrypted email to

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Security

12 Mistakes to Avoid When Encrypting Email in Outlook

Get the facts about design flaws in many Outlook email encryption plugins, such as storing sensitive data in insecure locations, frustrating clients with difficult message retrieval steps, and unnecessary cost overheads. Make the correct choice for your business.

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Accounting

Best Client Portals for Accounting and Finance 2019

Compare top 11 client portals used by accounting and finance professionals. Learn how they differ in security features and ease of use.

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Security

Why is Email Not Secure?

Your bank never emails your statement, right? Because email is not secure. Email data can be stolen as it travels un-encrypted over the network and could be stored un-encrypted on mail servers, Internet mail relays, as well as end devices.

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Security

[VIDEO] Easy to Receive from Clients: Without Asking Them to Sign Up

[Watch the 1-minute video above to learn how.] If your clients send you sensitive documents over email, that puts not only your client's data, but also your business, at risk. With Encyro, you can receive securely from clients without asking them to sign up.

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Security

[VIDEO] Easy for You to Send, Easy for Them to Receive

[1 minute video] When choosing an encrypted email service, it is important to consider not only how easy it is for you, but how easy (or hard) it would be your clients to receive your secure messages. With Encyro, its almost as easy as sending an email.

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Security

How Encyro Helps You Comply with HIPAA, GDPR, GLBA, IRS Pub. 4557, PCI-DSS ...

Encyro helps you safeguard customer data to help you meet many privacy and security regulations and guidelines. HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and

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Security

How To Satisfy IRS Pub 4557 Guidelines with Client Portals

Are you sure that your client portal is secure and compliant? Will it only protect you from network snooping? From data breach?

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Benefits

Export Contacts: Make it Easy to Send Secure to Any Email Contact

The easiest way to stay more secure is to make security easy on yourself. Such as by importing your email contacts so you can send them secure messages or documents easily.

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Security

Send Secure to Any Email Address

With Encyro, you can send messages and attached files securely to any email address. Your recipient need not be an Encyro user and they will not be required to sign up for an

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Security

Encyro Makes Secure Messages Easy

Encyro re-designed the entire secure communication process to make it super-easy, while keeping it secure. After all, security is useless if people do not use it. You understand that security is important. But

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Security

An Easier Alternative to Email Attachments

Sending files as email attachments can be difficult and frustrating. Not to mention, insecure. Encyro helps you avoid the pain of missing attachments, delays, and the cumbersome steps to download, save and move

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Security

Who Uses Encyro

A review of our recent users shows that people across the United States have been active on the Encyro website. The map below shows user locations and volumes (larger circles represent more users)

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Security

Best Email Encryption Services for Small Business

Compare Protonmail, Hushmail, Safe-Mail and 10 other encrypted email services. Find out which of them lose all your past emails if you forget your password.

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Security

Convenience Plus Security

Email is convenient. You do not need to create an account for your client or recipient - they already have an email address. You do not need to create a shared folder and

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Accounting

How accountants are getting secure document portals for free!

> Santa Cruz, CA accounting firm Chiorini, Hunt, and Jacobs recently had their email hacked. The hacked account contained client W2s, tax returns, social security numbers and other personal information. This loss could have

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Security

How to Turn on BitLocker in Windows 10

If your PC computer is lost or stolen, having a password does not protect your data. The thief need not even login to your computer - they can simply remove the hard drive

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Security

How To Enforce Strong Passwords in Windows 10

Passwords help keep your computer secure from casual passers by who may wish to browse or copy data off your computer when they have access to it for a short period (for protection

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Security

How to force Windows 10 to lock itself after inactivity, for all users

One of the aspects of securing your computers is to ensure that it locks itself after a period of inactivity. So, if the PC is idle, which means the user has likely left

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Security

How To Encrypt Your WiFi Network

Data traveling over a network can often be read (snooped, eavesdropped) by unauthorized parties. Wireless networks are especially vulnerable since no physical connection to your network is needed. Someone can simply steal data

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Security

Digital Safeguards: Communications

Data leaves your device and enters the network when you * explicitly send or receive documents or messages to your clients, vendors or others * enter customer data on a website (e.g. using an

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Accounting

Secure Data Disposal

Disposed data, whether on paper or digital devices, leaves your secure environment and is no longer subject to any of your safeguards. It is a gold mine for identity thieves. That is why

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Security

Digital Safeguards for Device Security

Digital data offers tremendous convenience and cost efficiency. From a security perspective, in many ways protecting digital data is easier as well. For instance, protecting digital data against fire or water leaks is

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