FileAssurity OpenPGP
Site MapLow cost, simple to use alternative to PGP
FileAssurity OpenPGP provides the strong protection of PGP yet is much easier to use, costs a third of the price and comes with free support !
FileAssurity OpenPGP has the same easy to use interface as FileAssurity but also supports the encryption/signing, decryption/verification of PGP protected files and the generation, import and export of PGP keys (version 5.0+ compatible). Now you can also share confidential files with companies using PGP and any other OpenPGP compliant software. FileAssurity OpenPGP overview
FEATURE COMPARISON
Feature
| FileAssurity
OpenPGP | PGP
WorkGroup Desktop | | Secure file and folder encryption | 
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| | Secure archives (.zip files) | 
|  | | Strong AES 256 bit encryption (FIPS pub 197) |
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| | Secure file deletion (US Gov DOD standards) |
| | Secure email attachments and message text
Support all email clients - MAPI (Lotus, Outlook, Outlook Express, Novell, Eudora, etc. and web based email |
| Web based mail not supported | | Secure text editor |
| | | Trusted Authorities - no need to import root certificates in order to verify keys signed by a Certificate Authority |
|  | | Digital signing of files - RSA 2048 bit |
| | | Cross platform file protection support |
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| Supports industry standard certificate formats
x.509, .cer, .p7b, .pem, .p12, .pfx, .asc, .pgp, .gpg |
| .p7b and .cer not supported | Supports industry standard file formats
.asc, .pgp, .gpg, .zip |
| .zip not supported
export in .asc format only | | Key Manager - import, export, generate, backup and restore keys, change keystore password |
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| | Certificate / key generation - OpenPGP and X.509 |
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| | Group support (can allocate users into groups for easy selection) |
| | | Free Reader (decryption / verification of files) |
| self-decrypting EXE | | Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP |
| Win 95 not supported |
COST OF OWNERSHIP - Single Copy Comparison
FileAssurity costs significantly less - less than a third of the price over a 3 year period and comes with free support !
| Product | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Total | | FileAssurity (perpetual license) | $59 | | | $59 | | PGP Workgroup Desktop (perpetual license) | $165 | | | $165 | | PGP Workgroup Desktop (subscription license) | $80 | $80 | $80 | $240 |
Support
ArticSoft provide support for FileAssurity OpenPGP free of charge
PGP Corporation provide support for PGP at a cost of between $240 and $350 per incident !
WHAT THE ANALYSTS SAY
FileAssurity OpenPGP
| "A competent file encryption system that supports PKI in an open and easy-to-use manner"
 Five star rating for features and value for money
SC Magazine [Nov 2003] - Group Test Encryption Recommend Award |
"FileAssurity OpenPGP is a step in the right direction putting simplified PKI into the hands of end-users" - Mike Bobbitt, Information Security Magazine [Sept 2003]
"FileAssurity is a powerful and easy-to-use program for encrypting and protecting your data - perfect for offices that need to keep important documents secure" - Bruce Stewart, CNET / ZDNET [Nov 2002]
PGP
"PGP is complicated and difficult to use" - Bruce Stewart, CNET / ZDNET [Jan 2003]
"PGP's learning curve is steep, and you're left wondering whether encryption has to be this confusing!" - Kyle MacRae, Computeractive [Oct 2001]
NOTE: PGP is the registered trademark of the PGP Corporation Inc.
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