• Introduction To Secure Email
  • System Requirements
• Installing Secure Email
  • Client Settings Wizard
  • Certificate Signup Notification
  • Product Maintenance Wizard
    • Repairing Secure Email
    • Switch Operating Modes
    • Uninstall Secure Email
• Certificate Sign Up Wizard
  • Starting Certificate Sign-up Wizard
  • Automatic Installation
  • Installation Via Collection Email
• Sending And Receiving Encrypted Mail
  • Receiving Messages Encrypted With A Single-Use Certificate
  • Sending Encrypted Email Messages
  • Install Comodo SecureEmail To Decrypt And Read The Message
  • Decrypt And Read The Message Using Comodo Secure Web Reader Service
• Purchase Commercial Email Certificates
• Certificate Revocation Wizard
• Outlook Only Mode - Configuration
  • Summary
  • Security Settings
    • Default Level Settings
    • Custom Level Settings
  • Certificate Update Emails
  • Certificates
  • General
  • The CSE Outlook Toolbar
    • Outlook Options- CSE Tab
• Network Level Mode - Configuration
  • Summary
  • Security Settings
    • Default Level Settings
    • Custom Level Settings
  • Certificate Update Emails
  • Certificates
  • Protocols
    • Configuring SecureEmail For SSL Connections
  • Email Folders Scanning
  • General
• Uninstalling Secure Email
• Comodo Secure Email - FAQ
• Secure Email Glossary
• Appendix 1 - Comodo EPKI Manager - Overview
• Appendix 2 - Notes On 32 Bit / 64 Bit Editions
• Appendix 3 - Default Security Profiles
• Appendix 4 - Summary Of Functional Differences Between The Operation Modes
• About Comodo

Comodo SecureEmail 

Security Settings

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By Encrypting and Digitally Signing an email, your contact/recipient can verify your identity as the sender and will know that the original content of the message has not changed since it was first sent.

• Encrypting your email means that it can be deciphered and read only by the owner of the corresponding private key i.e. the intended recipient so that the confidential data sent by you cannot be stolen or modified on its way through the Internet.
  
  
• Digitally Signing your emails proves that the message and attachments really came from you and not someone masquerading as you.
  
  
• Digitally Signing your emails also ensures that the message and attachments cannot be modified or tampered with en-route through the Internet without the recipient being alerted.

Truly secure email is therefore a combination of two equally important techniques:

i. Encryption - which ensures security of information and privacy.

ii. Digital Signing - which proves that a message has not been altered during transmission and that the message came from the sender.

SecureEmail provides the ability to have all your outgoing emails automatically encrypted and digitally signed.

The Security Settings management interface allows you to specify the protection level for Encryption and Digital Signing the emails that you send. It can be accessed by clicking 'Security' button in the configuration management interface.



It has the following two options:

• Default Level Settings - Comodo SecureEmail allows users to quickly apply preset security configurations by moving the built-in security level slider. Each setting determines protection levels for Encryption, Digital Signing and Decryption. A description of the meaning of each setting is displayed alongside each setting. Clicking the 'Default Level' button in the 'Security Settings' interface will move this slider to, and implement, the 'Medium' setting.
  
  
  

  Note: using the slider to select a default security setting will implement that setting for all users and will over-rule any custom and group security settings.

  
  
  For more details, please see 'Default Settings'. For a table that specifies the precise security options implemented by each preset, see 'Appendix 3 - Default Security Profiles'.
  
  
• Custom Level Settings - The Custom level option enables advanced users to make customized configuration for Encryption, Signing and Decryption settings.
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

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