RE: Using Web mail (hotmail, gmail, yahoo, etc) for Business mails


At some point email leaves 'your control' and goes out across the wild blue
yonder; this is where encryption comes in.

One of the risks of using webmail is that it bypasses any gateway filters
you may have so one layer of defense is taken away. If you do have some kind
of corporate encryption scheme in place and are sending business email via
gmail then it won't be part of that scheme.
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Subject: Using Web mail (hotmail, gmail, yahoo, etc) for Business mails

Dear List,

It is a common practice among users to user their personal email accounts
like hotmail, gmail, etc to send & receive business (and most probably
confidential) information

This is particularly the case when users are out of office

These webmails are not under the company's control, and hence there is a
risk of information loss. However upto now we have not heard of any such
cases

Wanted to get the opinion of the list on the security risks of the use of
Webmails for business mails

Thanks & regards

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