Secure Email Assignment

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/feb11/02-02msdirectprojectpr.mspx

This article talks not only about the importance of securing your email, but also specifically about how Microsoft is making strides to do just that. Microsoft recently unveiled a new email encryption function for there HealthVault. This service allows clinical partners to securely send information to patients. This is all part of something bigger called The Direct Project. The goal of the Direct Project is to create a way for users to be able to send simple and secure encrypted health information to their recipients. This will allow an encrypted copy of an individual's clinical information to be transmitted to a patient's new email address created within Microsoft HealthVault. This makes the transfer of information fasr, but more importantly it makes it secure. A patient's clinical and medical information should be very private, and security is a number one issue, which is why the encryption service of the email is so valuable.