Case Study: Punahou School achieves seamless, always-on email encryption (100% of emails) with Paubox Email Suite

Punahou School uses Paubox Email Suite to seamlessly secure 100% of the emails sent by its 1,000 staff members

Punahou School, the largest single‑campus private school in the U.S. serving about 4,000 students, needed a simpler way to protect confidential emails after the plugin‑based Virtru solution proved difficult to deploy and required heavy staff training and IT support. The school turned to Paubox for seamless, “always on” email encryption via the Paubox Email Suite to eliminate user error and reduce administrative overhead.

Paubox implemented the Paubox Email Suite Standard—a HIPAA‑compliant, HITRUST‑certified solution that uses transport layer security (TLS) to encrypt emails transparently with no plugins or extra steps for users. The rollout was straightforward, staff feedback was positive, and Paubox now encrypts all ~1,000 staff and faculty addresses; since February 2020 Punahou has sent more than 17 million emails with 100% encrypted, eliminating the prior 20% coverage gap and greatly reducing training and IT time.

Punahou School

Beau Monday

Chief Information Security Officer