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One way that I really wish would catch on more would be public-key
encryption using GPG (also goes by PGP). You can combine it with an email
client like Thunderbird, which has some good tools that use PGP keys
(Enigmail plugin) to securely send attachments. If you encrypt and sign
something like a zip file using GPG, you can also securely share that file
via things like dropbox, or google drive, and still be assured that only
the recipient would be able to decrypt and see the contents. Here's the
link to the Mozilla support page for Digitally Signing and Encrypting
Messages:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/digitally-signing-and-encrypting-messages#w_installing-gpg-and-enigmail

The only disadvantage of this, is that you must exchange GPG public keys
with your recipient (or use a key-server) and have a little bit of
understanding about how the tool works. But it's all open source, free,
proven secure, and has some decent tools for encrypting / decrypting.

I believe that there are plans this year to have GPG support build directly
into the Thunderbird client, so, it should get even easier!

Good luck!

--Ray

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 12:46 PM Mike Kastellec <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> One answer: https://www.globus.org/data-transfer
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> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 12:14 PM Elizabeth Leonard <
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> > Possibly both- this is a bit of a thought experiment. I'd like to know
> > what's out there to be able to help learn enough to advise and support
> our
> > faculty.
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> > Elizabeth Leonard
> > 973-761-9445
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Goben,
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> > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 12:06 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] file sharing/transfer
> >
> > Could you clarify the level of security you're dealing with?  Is this
> > where you need HIPAA compliance? PHI? Sensitive personal information?
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> > Abigail H. Goben, MLS
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Leonard
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> > Subject: [CODE4LIB] file sharing/transfer
> >
> > Hi all:
> >
> > Let say your faculty have research files that they want to securely share
> > with researchers at another academic institutions (say, on another
> > continent).
> >
> > What are secure ways that they can do this? An example I've heard of is
> > Cyberduck- anything else?
> >
> > We are hoping for reasonably priced solutions (I know... secure,
> > reasonably priced, and effective... can't have all of them- but hoping
> > anyway).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Elizabeth Leonard
> > Assistant Dean, Information Technologies and Collections Services Seton
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Ray Voelker
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