Albert Barsocchini Other secure document delivery services offer various levels of security, features and pricing. AS E-MAIL becomes the delivery medium of choice for lawyers, the legal community has become increasingly concerned about protecting confidentialities. E-mail is considered by many as the single largest unprotected application that exists in the corporate world today. To fill this security void, new easy to use digital courier services are sprouting up on the Internet. These services encrypt your document and safely transport it over the Internet.
Most law firms use the Internet without any security measures.
Lawyers need not encrypt e-mail automatically. Lawyers should discuss the dangers inherent in any communication and reach agreement on how to communicate. E-mail intrusions or mistakes in delivery are almost never reported. When a normal e-mail is sent, it is logged and leaves a complete audit trail from the time it is uploaded to the sender's ISP, all the way to the destination mailbox. The interception of e-mail via intervening criminal acts of third parties using sniffers, spoofing, etc. is on the rise and easier than ever.