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I found my documents in the local browser cache! How can I increase attachment security?

When you open an attachment, rather than save it to a specified location, the attachment will always be saved to the temporary internet files folder on the local computer. This happens unknowingly to the user creating a real danger on computers where unauthorized people could get hold of confidential documents.

There are a few ways Administrators can secure attachments for all:

Disable access to all attachments
Although not practical, it is the safest way to make sure that attachments are never left behind.

Force Save for all file types
This is a good option if your company is okay with users saving files to local machine and possibly forgetting to permanently delete them. Another problem is that the save menu also has an open option!

Get third part help
Messageware (
www.messageware.com) offers a product called AttachView which gives Administrators a wide variety of configuration options for securing attachments. Because AttachView support viewing over 300 file types as safe HTML pages, they really make it feasible to turn off the open and save attachment options for users while they are not in the office or on corporate devices.

 

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