The press release states that the system is being released to over 6000 clients, a sizable chunk of the local legal market.
From the limited information available the system is not an integrated Outlook plugin, or simply a "download" a certificate system as it does not require the download of dedicated software.
Our best guess is that the email sent to clients is simply a link to a web address containing the encrypted message. Works well in terms of data security, but means that if the client falls out with the firm they can be cut off from accessing email that was sent to them. Perhaps a good thing for law firms.
It will be interesting to see how this systems progresses. While encrypted email is a great concept, cases of email actually being intercepted (governments aside) is almost unheard of. The Lavan press release states that "Hacking, phishing, trojans, international espionage, address harvesting, data theft, blue snarf, viruses, spoofing, worms, fake wi fi points, identity theft – email is susceptible to all of them." Realistically, while desktop computers (and users) may be susceptible to all of these things, encrypting email isn't going to prevent any of them (and most are browser based attacks in any event).
The press release is here: http://www.synergylimited.com
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