SEEMail

SEEMail (Secure Electronic Environment Mail) is designed to facilitate the exchange of email and attachments using the internet and, in doing so, to be capable of protecting information classified as IN-CONFIDENCE, SENSITIVE or RESTRICTED. SEEMail is not to be used for information classified as CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET or TOP SECRET.

The SEEMail environment if formed by a group of participating agencies who have deployed accredited secure email gateways that sign and encrypt sensitive messages sent between those agencies using Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (S/MIME) technologies.

If SEEMail is used appropriately by participating agencies, users can be highly confident that:

(a)    Email marked [SEEMAIL] and  [IN-CONFIDENCE], [SENSITIVE] or [RESTRICTED] can only be read by the participating agency of the recipient.

(b)    No one outside the sender’s participating agency can read the email when it is in transit; and

(c)    No one outside the sender’s participating agency can alter the message;

(d)    The email does in fact come from the participating agency as claimed;

(e)    Email marked [SEEMAIL] and [IN-CONFIDENCE], [SENSITIVE] or [RESTRICTED] cannot be inadvertently sent to non-participating agencies;

(f)    All email traffic between participating agencies is secured;

(g)    All email traffic between participating agencies authenticates the sending agency.

For more information, please email seemail.productmanager@dia.govt.nz

SEEMail version 3.0

The Deparment of Internal Affairs has, in partnership with Dimension Data and Liverton Ltd, upgraded the core SEEMail certificate authority to version 3.0, ahead of expiry of the version 2.0 certificate on the 5th of December 2012. All SEEMail user agencies will need to have a version 3.0 gateway in place prior to the 5th of December 2012 to be able to continue to use the service.

A number of suppliers have SEEMail version 3.0 gateway products either accredited and available, or in development. Please refer to the table below, which will be updated on a regular basis as the Department receive information on version 3.0 gateway products. Note that the one.govt product is available to one.govt syndicate members. Please contact Ross McElwain on 04 474-8132 or Ross.McElwain@dia.govt.nz for more information regarding the syndicate.

VendorWebsiteSEEMail version 3.0 gateway status
Datacom

datacom.co.nz

Accredited
 Dimension Data (one.govt)

dimensiondata.com

 Accredited
 DMZ Global dmzglobal.comAccredited
 Liverton Ltd liverton.comAccredited
 Scientific Software and Systems Ltd secureIT.co.nz

Accredited for the products below:

SecureIT V3 for MIMEsweeper for SMTP (Windows);

SecureIT V3 Appliance for Windows;

SecureIT V3 Appliance for Linux/API

 SMX smxemail.comAccredited
 Trustwave (previously M86) trustwave.comAccredited
Gen-igen-i.co.nzAccredited

 

 User forum

DIA is currently looking for new members for the SEEMail user forum. The forum is an opportunity for participating agencies to provide feedback to DIA as lead agency and to provide requirements for enhancements to the service.If you are interested in participating, please contact seemail.productmanager@dia.govt.nz.

Terms of use

DIA is currently developing a terms of use document for SEEMail, which all member agencies will be required to sign. This document will be reviewed and approved by the user forum.

Certificate Management

User agencies should use the portal seemail.one.govt.nz.

SEEMail documentation

All documentation relating to both SEEMail version 2.0 and 3.0 is available to users on the SEEMail shared workspace

Service specifications and accreditation documentation for suppliers should be requested by email to seemail.productmanager@dia.govt.nz