How to create Zed! encrypted containers
How to create Zed! encrypted containers
Encryption software

Zed! Encrypted Containers

Encrypted containers for file attachments

Use Zed! encrypted containers for secure exchange of email files with your colleagues and external partners. These containers can be compared to a "diplomatic bag" containing information that only their recipients are authorized to read. Sensitive files can be protected in these containers. They can be archived or sent by email.


Zed!, encrypted containers for file attachements


Real-time encryption
Zed! is a very easy-to-use product designed for creating encrypted (and compressed) file containers for archiving or exchange with correspondents.

An infrastructure product
Zed! is a genuine enterprise product that can be used company-wide in line with a centralized Security Policy. Its deployment is facilitated by the use of remote installation tools. It can be administered via GPOs.

User-friendly and intuitive
The use of the encrypted containers is very intuitive. The style and feel of these “pseudo-folders” make them very similar to the native compressed (.zip) files of Windows XP.
With just a click, the user can create a container to which files and accesses can be added. The .zed is ready to be sent and the files are encrypted.

File compression
Zed! technology includes a compression algorithm that allows the total size of the encrypted container to be reduced, so facilitating archiving and limiting the size of emails.

For file exchange or archiving
The .zed file allows confidential data to be exchanged by email with ease. The recipient can then send a reply by modifying the content of the .zed, so ensuring that confidentiality is maintained. The user can also supply a contact with the container on a variety of media, such as a USB memory stick. Archiving is another possible use of encrypted containers.

Different access key formats
Zed! uses keys, either in the form of passwords agreed with a correspondent or in the form of RSA certificates (certificate files or accessible from an LDAP directory). There can be mixed type accesses in the same container. The administrator may impose a recovery access in all .zed's created.

Freeware for your correspondents
In order to allow users to exchange Zed! encrypted containers with contacts who do not have Zed!, Prim’X Technologies offers its clients a free version called "Zed! Limited Edition".
This version allows encrypted containers to be read and have their content modified with other files for the reply.
Only the complete version can be used for creating new containers. It is therefore the initial sender who establishes access authorization to the containers.