Case Study: Zeva achieves scalable, secure on-demand encrypted-email decryption for investigations with Microsoft Azure

Enhancing on-premises email decryption solution with Microsoft Azure services

Zeva provides DecryptNaBox, a solution for organizations that need to inspect encrypted email for eDiscovery, audits, antivirus scanning and mobile access without exposing user private keys. Email encryption—especially hardware-based PKI or smart-card schemes required by government policies like HSPD‑12—blocks traditional security and compliance tools and makes investigations slow or impractical, while smaller organizations struggle to justify the on-premises HSM and infrastructure needed to solve the problem.

DecryptNaBox pulls and decrypts the per-message session key inside a hardware security module so private keys never leave the certificate authority, letting organizations decrypt mail for inspection while preserving key protection; the technology is approved for US government use and meets FIPS 140‑2 standards. Available as on-premises software or as an on‑demand offering using Microsoft Azure Key Vault (avoiding large infrastructure investments) and with a MobileDecrypt client for mobile devices, the solution has enabled faster large-scale investigations, wider adoption of email encryption, and use by government and Fortune‑100 customers.

Zeva

Sam Andoni

Founder