Save and send files securely from Microsoft Office with SaveSecure®: PKZIP's integration with Microsoft Office allows you to save zipped and encrypted files directly to your storage media from Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. By simply selecting "Save as Secure ZIP File," your files are compressed and encrypted automatically.

Compress and encrypt email attachments: In addition, PKZIP’s integration with Microsoft Outlook, combined with an enhanced user interface, makes it easy to compress and passphrase-encrypt files from within the Outlook email client or from the desktop with just one click. Files can also be edited directly within the zip archive after they have been zipped, eliminating the time-consuming process of unzipping, editing, and then re-zipping.

In addition, toggle buttons on the toolbar allow users to pre-select compression options specifying when they want their files automatically zipped or encrypted. These options can also be pre-set by an administrator using the optional policy lockdown feature.*

Ensure recipients can open and view files: PKWARE® ensures that message recipients can open and view zipped/encrypted files.

ZIP Reader by PKWARE is a free tool for viewing zipped files created by any standard ZIP solution. It can also decrypt PKZIP passphrase protected files, as well as those digitally encrypted and/or digitally signed with SecureZIP®.

With ZIP Reader by PKWARE, senders can be assured that any Windows user will be able to open files – even if the recipient does not currently own a ZIP product.

Centrally administer compression policies*: PKZIP’s centralized policy management via the Microsoft® Management Console (MMC) allows organizations to enforce data security and compression policies for file transfer and storage. This ensures consistent compression and passphrase security practices are adhered to.

Administrators can centrally set end-user options so that select file types are automatically zipped, encrypted, or both when sent via email. Additionally, each policy file is digitally signed so PKZIP knows if it is valid or invalid; this ensures policy files cannot later be altered by unauthorized parties. End-user options for enforcing or prohibiting compression capabilities can be set for specific individuals or entire user groups.

Protect information with passphrase based encryption: PKZIP includes passphrase-based strong encryption. PKZIP supports AES and 3DES symmetric encryption algorithms to protect sensitive information. PKZIP even encrypts file names for an additional layer of security and includes Certificate Revocation List (CRL) checking, which enables recipients to confirm the validity of certificates used to sign or encrypt files.

Understandably, good passphrases are essential to maintaining the security of data – the longer/more complex the passphrase, the more secure it is. PKZIP offers configurable minimum passphrase length, allowing administrators to configure to organizational requirements.

Files encrypted with PKZIP may be decrypted and extracted on all major computing platforms using PKZIP or SecureZIP®, enabling enterprises to deploy a mixture of PKWARE solutions to best meet their data security and file management needs.

About PKWARE

PKWARE, Inc., the creator and continuing innovator of the ZIP standard, is a global market and technology leader providing data-centric, cross-platform data security and compression software. The SecureZIP & PKZIP product families are used by over 30,000 corporate entities and over 200 government agencies to ensure data security, portability, and cross-platform computing exchange - both internally and externally with partners. Organizations use PKWARE products daily for their unmatched scalability, ease of use, and rapid deployment. PKWARE, a privately held company, is based in Milwaukee, WI with additional offices in New York and the United Kingdom.