What is the end-user experience?
For end users, PGP Desktop Home operates in the background, processing email messages based on policy. Users can adapt email encryption policies and change configuration through the PGP Desktop Home application interface. When encryption or digital signature operations are performed, the PGP Desktop Home notifier window alerts users that an encryption operation is being performed and its status.
The only change in the end-user experience with PGP Whole Disk Encryption is the addition of a pre-boot authentication screen. The pre-boot authentication screen protects the system from being accessed by unauthorized users by disabling their ability to attack operating system–level authentication mechanisms. Once the end user provides valid authentication, encryption and decryption of the disk are transparent to both the user and the operating system. The pre-boot authentication passphrase can be synchronized with the Windows logon, enabling Windows users to be automatically logged into their system without requiring additional passphrases or user actions.
For end users inside the enterprise, there is no change to their email experience; email is encrypted and decrypted by PGP Universal Gateway Email based on policy. Users outside the organization with existing encryption software also receive emails without any change to their email experience. For users without email encryption software, PGP Universal Gateway Email can be configured to deliver email through the PGP Universal Satellite thin client or using the PGP Universal Web Messenger webmail interface.
