What is XQ Secure Email and How Can I Set it Up?
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XQ Secure Email allows you to encrypt and track messages and files from your Outlook & Gmail workflows. This article provides resources for setting up Secure Email and links to relevant articles.
How to Set Up Secure Email
Section titled “How to Set Up Secure Email”XQ Secure Email allows you to securely communicate sensitive data with colleagues and third parties, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI), sensitive financial information, passwords, etc.
Your data is encrypted before leaving your device and moving to the cloud, which makes it easy for employers to meet data privacy and compliance obligations.
There are three main channels for using XQ Secure Email:
- XQ Dashboard
- Google Chrome Extension
- XQ Outlook Enterprise add-in
XQ Dashboard
Section titled “XQ Dashboard”The XQ Dashboard allows a user to encrypt/decrypt messages and files from our online web portal. It requires no installation. This is the simplest method to use for any parties who do not have existing XQ login credentials.
Encryption and Decryption steps can be found in the links below:
- How to Read an Encrypted Email
- How to Send Secure Messages from the XQ Dashboard
- How to Encrypt and Decrypt a File from the XQ Dashboard
Gmail Chrome Extension
Section titled “Gmail Chrome Extension”The chrome extension allows you to encrypt/decrypt messages and files directly from your gmail account. This can be installed directly from the chrome store:
- Install the Chrome Extension
- How to Read an Encrypted Email and Attachments Using the Google Chrome Extension
- How to Encrypt an Email Message and File with the Google Chrome Extension
XQ Outlook Enterprise add-in
Section titled “XQ Outlook Enterprise add-in”If your organization uses Microsoft 365, the XQ Outlook Enterprise add-in lets you encrypt and decrypt messages directly in Outlook. Install it from XQ’s manifest (https://o365.xqmsg.com/manifest.xml), either for your whole organization or for yourself:
- How to Install & Use the XQ Outlook Add-in
- How to Send Secure Messages and Files Using the Outlook Add-in
- How to Read Secure Emails with the Outlook Add-in
- Microsoft 365 Group Installation
How to Reach Out For Help
Section titled “How to Reach Out For Help”If you have any questions or issues that cannot be solved through our Knowledge Base, please contact support@xqmsg.com.
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