Digital privacy company Virtru comes to Microsoft Office 365

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Virtru, a digital privacy company dedicated to making it simple to keep private communications private, today announced their support for Microsoft Outlook Desktop and Microsoft 365. Like users of Virtru’s Hotmail and Outlook.com service, individuals who add Virtru to Microsoft Outlook Desktop clients and Microsoft 365 will benefit from the rock-solid encryption, government-level data security, and privacy controls Virtru offers. 

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Virtru has added Microsoft’s Office 365 and Outlook Desktop services to its list of compatible email platforms for its encryption product. The company, based in Washington, D.C. and launched in January, is targeting people using major email providers who are interested in stronger privacy controls for more secure communication. The service is designed to be easy to use for end users who may not have the technical gumption to set up PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a standard for signing and encrypting content. The beauty is that Virtru compatible with most major webmail providers, including Google’s Gmail, Yahoo’s Mail and Microsoft’s Outlook webmail, which replaced Hotmail.

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