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The Why

Our tech team has thought through the best security measures for your email, VPN, and computer with the goal of:

1. Allowing you to, as securely as possible, connect with Reliant Central regarding any financial matters.
2. Being able to send paystubs and employment-related requests to a proton-based email.
3. Keeping Reliant and the legal entity completely separate.

Therefore we are going to provide

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you with two emails:

1. Google-based email for communication with Reliant.
2. Protonmail-based email for communication to

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1. and from other proton-based emails, as well as in-country communication where your employer information is required (visa applications, etc.)

1) Google-Based Reliant Email

Your current Reliant email will continue to operate the same as before; this email address will be utilized for Reliant communication. We ask for this email For greater security we are asking that you:

1. Log - in to your VPN before jumping on the web browser.
2. Only open it log in to Reliant.org through a web browser. DO NOT utilize Apple Mail, Outlook, or any other desktop application for this email. 
   • when logging in to Reliant's websites, use a private browsing window (incognito mode)
   • when logging in to Reliant provisioned third-party websites (e.g. gmail, outlook), make sure you sign out when done
3. Only use this email for contacting Reliant Central staff. No one else. If you're sending to @reliant.org, use your @reliant.org email.  If Central is sending an email to an international worker, they send from @reliant.org and to their @reliant.org.
4. You will continue to use this email for submitting reimbursements. 

2) Proton-Based Email

We are adding this Proton-based email for the following reasons:

1. For sending employment-related information like W2's and paystubs to the Legal Entity employees (which is you).
2. For receiving employment paperwork like W4's, etc.
3. The domain name for these emails will be @legalentityname.global, which will which will allow you to link your new employment with a real email address for your validity with government & nationals. This will look more legitimate than @protonmail.com and will be more secure than @reliant.org legitimate than @protonmail.com.

Some basic rules to follow with your @legalentity.global email would be:

1. You can use this for professional communication like with visa applications, put it on a business card, and professional connections with nationals, visa applications, etc. 
2. Whenever you contact Reliant Central, send that email to the same domain that you are sending from. So, if it's from @reliant.org only send to @reliant.org. If it's from @legalentity.global send only to @legalentity.global.
3. Generally speaking you will continue to utilize your @reliant.org to send to @reliant.org for most Reliant communication. The only times you'd really use the @legalentity.global to send t or receive from @legalentity.global is for employment-related paperwork, questions about the legal entity, and receiving paystubs and W2's. And if you're not sure, just use one of the channels and we'll sort it out on our end. 
4. Reliant Central will continue to send emails from a @reliant.org email to your @reliant.org email. They will NOT send emails to the @legalentity.global account from a @reliant.org account. If they are sending to @legalentity.global they will use an @legalentity.global. For emailing others, like your teammates who would also have an @legalentity.global email, this provides end-to-end encryption for emails to others with a Protonmail account.
5. You can utilize Protonmail with Apple Mail, Outlook, or other desktop-based applications. You will need to download the Protonmail Bridge to accomplish this. Keep in mind, this creates some security concern as those emails are on your hard drive, but this .  
6. Reliant employment services and Program Teams will NOT send emails to this Protonmail account. 
If you're sending to @legalentity.global then you should only use your @legalentity.global email address.
7. is permissible. Safest way would be to only use a web browser.

Sending Updates or Communication with Others

For updates we recommend that you do not use the @legalentity.global email. Our goal is to keep the @legalentity.global email completely separate from anything Reliant (like your giving link) or ministry activities. This is best to come from a personal email with a generic domain name. 

Additionally, for emailing other M's not with the legal entity, or your friends and family, we recommend using a personal address with a generic domain name. If you want to take it up a notch, get yourself a protonmail account as this will allow you to communicate securely with other protonmail accounts and give the highest level of security.

Personal Email or Team Email

Some of you may have a team email and likely all of you have a personal email. Feel free to utilize your personal email for emails to friends and family. Keep in mind that any email outside protonmail to protonmail will have some risk. So be careful with language.

If you have a team email that is Google based, that you use for Google docs, this is fine to continue to use. We recommend only using it with a VPN and on a web browser. Do not use the Google Drive Desktop application. Follow the guidelines of the team that you are a part of in using this email address.

Ok, that's a lot! Here's a chart to outline this. Keep in mind this assumes on a VPN and on a Web Browser.

Personal Email or Team Email

Some of you may have a team email and likely all of you have a personal email. Feel free to utilize your personal email for emails to friends and family. Keep in mind that any email outside protonmail to protonmail will have some risk. So be careful with language.

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Recommendations for Mitigation of Risk with Email

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