SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, protects your data when you’re working in a web browser by encrypting all the information that is sent to or from your computer. SSL is important because unencrypted information can be seen by other people when it is in transit. You’ll know when your data is being encrypted because the browser will display a small picture of a lock.
Projjex takes the security of your data very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that we subscribe to the highest possible level of encryption (1024 bit) and we automatically use this encryption with every single one of our customers. As soon as you land on the Projjex sign in screen, you’re encrypted, and your entire session with Projjex is encrypted until you sign off or close the browser window. This is equivalent to the security of the best on-line banking systems.
The reason we wanted to discuss this is that almost all of our competitors provide SSL encryption (a good thing) but almost all of them DON’T provide SSL encryption to their free or non-enterprise level customers. In our view, this is unconscionable and unacceptable.
Hosting other people’s information is an extraordinary responsibility. In our opinion, we must protect our customers’ information not only while it is on our servers but also while it’s in transit. Anything less is to breach an expectation of security that many customers have.
Providing SSL encryption to some customers but not others seems to say that some people’s information is more valuable than others. Is your information less valuable because you choose to use a free edition?
What do you think?
Tags: encryption, projjex, SSL
June 19, 2008 at 5:37 am
SSL is one of the reasons I chose to look at your product: It would not have been considered otherwise, even for ‘free’.