- Security e-mail is a tool that allows sensitive or confidential information to be sent securely.
- In November 2019, Deltagon's security e-mail was introduced in Metropolia. From the end of November 2019, all Metropolia employees and students will have the opportunity to use security mail for messages sent by e-mail.
- As of November 2019, the Deltagon Sec @ GW security mail solution should be used to send such e-mail containing either personal information, sensitive information or otherwise confidential information when the e-mail is sent to an e-mail address outside Metropolia.
- An e-mail address outside Metropolia means all e-mail addresses that do not end in the @ metropolia.fi terminal, for example:
- Email addresses of another college
- Email addresses of project partners or company contacts
- Personal email addresses, such as email addresses ending in @ hotmail.com and @ gmail.com
- Metropolia's internal e-mail traffic (when you send a message from an e-mail address ending in @ metropolia.fi to another e-mail address ending in @ metropolia.fi) is already basically encrypted.
- The difference to regular e-mail is that the message does not leave Metropolia's servers (unless specified), but the recipient of the message receives a link to their e-mail from which the message can be read.
When secure e-mail should be used
Security level | Description | Examples of use | Address format |
"Letter" | Easy, straightforward transmission | Offers, price information, surveys, reports and financial reports, personal security codes, confidential information of business partners, part of cooperation with authorities (without sensitive personal data), documents kept secret according to the Publicity Act (e.g. thesis research plan) | |
"Registered letter" | The sender can verify the recipient | Health information or information on the use of health services, board communications, all sensitive personal information (information about a person's financial status, unemployment, family circumstances, matters of private life), confidential information of the organization, financial and legal commitments, confidential information and decisions | name@company.fi.0401234567.s |
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