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Now is the Time for Secure Emails, Digital Signatures and Electronic Contracts – A Legal Perspective

February 24, 2015 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

Robert Bond, one of the world’s premier legal experts in data privacy and information security, just hosted an exclusive webinar where he presented a number of practical reasons why every legal professional needs to do more than just use standard Microsoft Outlook or other basic technologies when corresponding with clients, other legal counsel, the courts […]

Openwave Selects RPost for its 400 Million Users

May 01, 2015 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

Openwave Messaging has elected to embed RMail® into the email user interface for 400 million end users who access email through their local telecommunications operator or ISP. This is the first time secure email encryption has been deployed in the market on such a grand scale. RMail® is powered by RPost’s patented Registered Email technology.

RPost 2015: Year in Review

December 30, 2015 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

The RPost team thanks you, our community of users, customers, partners, shareholders, and advocates, for another exciting year at RPost. Your support enables the RPost team to continue innovating for our customers, and to maintain RPost as the global standard for secure and certified electronic communications. We believe the investments we have made over the […]

The Ultimate Security Dilemma

January 05, 2016 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

In a society that embraces online shopping, GPS location tracking, mobile texting and email anytime and anywhere, it is no wonder that technology’s promise of convenience continues to overrule many peoples’ instincts to protect and secure their private information.

Does the New Era of Mega-Leaks Obsolete Attorney-Client Privilege?

April 07, 2016 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

On Sunday, more than a hundred media outlets around the world, coordinated by the Washington, DC-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (“ICIJ”), released stories on the “Panama Papers”, which is an exposé of private client and internal work product emails and other files.  More than 5 million emails and files were stolen from within the […]

Business Email Compromise (BEC) – Industry Examples

April 14, 2016 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

Imposter emails targeting businesses today are far more sophisticated than traditional phishing emails or the “Nigerian prince” emails of yesteryear. These new Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks use imposter emails that reflect a deep understanding of people’s roles and messaging patterns within a target organization.

ABA Model Rule Supports Email Encryption

May 09, 2016 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

Lawyers have always had a duty to be competent in technology, but the ABA Model Rule put this duty in writing, impacting cybersecurity practices. Twenty states have followed the ABA’s lead and adopted a duty of technological competence, all but requiring encryption.

Lease vs. Buy Decision – First Cars, Now Software

July 22, 2016 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

When it comes to getting a new car, one of the first decisions many consider is whether to buy or lease. Of course, there are pros and cons to either approach. Buying a car means you own it (and perhaps get positive feelings about owning it), and you have more freedom over its use; you […]

Russian Hackers and Pig Latin

August 03, 2016 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

With the recent media focus on cybersecurity, whether it is talk of Russian hackers scheming to influence US presidential elections or “Brexit” votes, or the pervasive pressure to comply with HIPAA (healthcare privacy regulations) or other consumer data privacy requirements, “encryption” is one of the solutions that is often introduced.

The Certified Mail Envelope Was Empty

September 06, 2016 / in Blog / by Zafar Khan, RPost CEO

You show up in court with a US Certified Mail “Green Card” delivery receipt, evidence that supposedly proves you delivered a timely notice. The other party simply stands up and says quizzically, “Sure we got the certified letter, but no one in our office could figure out why we were sent an empty envelope!”  And […]