Virtru Email Protection
Surprisingly easy email protection and control for Gmail.
What is Virtru Email Protection?
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Summary
Easily protect Gmail messages and attachments, and maintain control wherever they’re shared.
At Virtru, we understand that data is an organization’s most valuable asset and sharing it is critical for business success. But sharing data creates significant risk. We believe no one should have to choose between protecting data and sharing it. We help more than 20,000 organizations, large and small, across almost every industry, protect data wherever it’s created or shared so they can collaborate with confidence.
Privacy Ensure Gmail messages and attachments stay private so you don’t have to trust Google with your data.
Compliance Maintain compliance with data privacy regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, CJIS, ITAR, CCPA, FERPA, CMMC, NIST, and more.
Secure, Seamless Sharing Protect Gmail messages and attachments and maintain control wherever they’re shared - both internally and externally, beyond Google.
End-to-End Encryption Data-centric protection and object-level encryption for email messages and attachments directly within the Gmail client with a simple Chrome extension.
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Pros
- Easy to use for sending sensitive information
- Effective method for managing information, with enterprise implementations noted
- Many find it works well with little to no extra configuration required
Cons
- Frequent needs to uninstall and reinstall the extension
- Issues with the extension causing Gmail to malfunction or not work
- Poor customer support experiences described by several users
Most mentioned
- Problems with the extension causing Gmail or email functions to stop working
- The need to frequently reactivate or reinstall Virtru
- Software conflicts with other extensions or Gmail updates
- Customer service responses and support issues
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Safety
Risk impact
Virtru Email Protection is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Virtru Email Protection if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Virtru Email Protection has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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