Question

What do you mean by encrypting in Outlook?
1. Word count process in an email
2. Converted readable plain text into scrambled ciphertext
3. Converted email text into doc text
4. Download attachments from the email

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Converted readable plain text into scrambled ciphertext

The correct answer is to convert readable plain text into scrambled ciphertext.

• Encrypt email messages
  • When you need to protect the privacy of an email message, encrypt it.
  • Encrypting an email message in Outlook means it's converted from readable plain text into scrambled ciphertext. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
  • Only the recipient who has the private key that matches the public key used to encrypt the message can decipher the message for reading.
  • Any recipient without the corresponding private key, however, sees indecipherable text. Outlook supports two encryption options:
    • S/MIME encryption
      • To use S/MIME encryption, the sender and recipient must have a mail application that supports the S/MIME standard. Outlook supports the S/MIME standard
    • Microsoft 365 Message Encryption (Information Rights Management)
      • To use Microsoft 365 Message Encryption, the sender must have Microsoft 365 Message Encryption, which is included in the Office 365 Enterprise E3 license.