Patent ID: 8448246

Claim:
A system comprising: a computer hardware processor operable to: receive an email comprising a designation, the designation indicating whether the email communicates sensitive information; and divert the email; and an adjudicator computer processor operable to: receive the email diverted from the computer hardware processor; apply one or more policies to the email, the one or more policies selected according to the designation, the one or more policies comprising rules for assuring email; and determine whether to allow or block the email based on the policies; and a mail transfer computer processor operable to direct the email to one or more recipients if the email is allowed; the adjudicator computer processor further operable to: receive a first copy of the email, the first copy encrypted according to an encryption certificate associated with the adjudicator computer processor; receive a second copy of the email, the second copy encrypted according to an encryption certificate associated with at least one of the recipients; decrypt the first copy of the email prior to applying the one or more policies; and direct the second copy of the email to the mail transfer computer processor upon a determination that the first copy of the email complies with the selected one or more policies.