Gpg4win enables users to securely transport emails and files with the help of encryption and digital signatures. Encryption protects the contents against an unwanted party reading it. Digital signatures make sure that it was not modified and comes from a specific sender. Gpg4win supports both relevant cryptography standards, OpenPGP and S/MIME (X.509), and is the official GnuPG distribution for Windows. It is maintained by the developers of GnuPG.

TOOLS DIRECTORY data access data deposit data protection sensitive data

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At FORS, GPG4win is used only for sensitive data, encrypts files as well as emails with passwords, passphrases or specific authorisations. It is used to disseminate sensitive data. It is also sometimes used by data depositors to transfer their data to FORS.

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