HOW TO ENCRYPT EMAIL ATTACHEMENTS

HOW TO SEND ENCRYPTED EMAIL ATTACHMENTS?

Step 1: Open Microsoft Word (2007 or later).

Step 2: Click on the Insert tab.

Step 4: Select the Create from File tab.

Step 5: Click the Browse button and select the file you wish to encrypt.

Step 6: Check the Display as icon option and click the OK button.  This will embed the file you selected into the Microsoft Word *.docx file.

Step 7:  Click the Microsoft Word File tab.
Step 8: Click the Protect Document button and select Encrypt with Password.

Step 9: Enter a strong password, click OK and verify your password.

Step 10: Save your new Word file, and send it using any email client.

Step 11: Receiver will open the MS Word file with your given password. Right click on object added in file and go to presentation object or whatever you added and click open.

Note: If your encrypted file is too large to send by email, you may need to find another method to send encrypted data, but most of the time this method will be more than sufficient.

Don’t Do This!
The most important thing is don’t send the password along with the encrypted email, or even in a separate email message.  The key is to use a different way of getting the password to your recipients.  Here are some ways that work well:

Call your recipients directly and give them the password
Text the password to your recipients mobile phones

Must Do This!
This is a easy and effective way to protect data with one major caveat: you have to use strong passwords. And by strong passwords, I mean a password that meets all of the following criteria:

At least 12 characters long (the longer the better)
Contains at least one uppercase letter (A-Z)
Contains at least one lowercase letter (a-z)
Contains at least one number (0-9)
Contains at least one symbol (i.e., !@#$%^&*_-+=)