Secure email project

Here is a news article that discusses a company that should have used secure email to insure their data was protected from hackers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/us/politics/12hackers.html?_r=2

Hackers penetrated the computers of HBGary federal, which is a service company that sells investigative services to big companies. The hackers posted an immense amount of what appeared to be it's companies emails on the internet. They did background research on their critics and then distributed fake information to embarrass them. Their emails were then all over the internet and could be read by anyone. This proves that a company needs to secure there emails in order to keep their information safe.