E-mail is not coded ... like an unlocked car!

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has just released a study showing that only about 25% of businesses in the UK apply e-mail encryption measures before sending. 75% of unencrypted e-mails are considered 'open books' for every hacker 'reference'.

PWC said that sending unencrypted e-mails is similar to sending an un-envelope postcard through the postal system and the recipient will always be the last to read. The cause of this poor security phenomenon is because most businesses believe that encrypting e-mail using modern and systematic methods is too 'expensive'.

Chris Potter, PWC's director of security research, said that most businesses today don't think that losing trade secrets will cost the company many times more than the worthwhile investment. into an e-mail security system and sometimes this secret leak will collapse for a large enterprise.

Chris Potter adds that at the current level of hackers, blocking to read an e-mail is on the move is not too difficult, and 'hiring' a hacker specializing in spoofing Competitor's business is something businesses can do.

PWC has conducted its research in more than 1,000 businesses in the UK, of which 88% of businesses have broadband connections.