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Germer Gertz Improves Productivity with Secure Document Delivery

By Susan Whitmire
May 29, 2012

When you send a document to someone electronically, what's your preferred tool? Do you turn to File Transfer Protocol (FTP)? Or perhaps a thumb drive? For many lawyers and legal professionals (and this won't come as a surprise), the go-to tool is e-mail. It is easy and lawyers get it. But from an IT perspective, e-mail poses many problems.

Does Send Equal Secure?

e-Mail is so ubiquitous in the workplace that people use it with a false sense of security. e-Mails can be intercepted or forwarded to unauthorized individuals. There is no remote verification of the recipient. Despite the most stringent security, accounts can be hacked. If you misaddress an e-mail and hit send, recall efforts are next to impossible. And what about e-mail devices? People can now e-mail from desktops, laptops, tablets and phones. How can you ensure e-mail delivery is secure through all devices?

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