Salt Communications

Salt Communications is a secure messaging and communication platform designed to meet the needs of businesses and organizations in various industries. According to the vendor, it offers a range of features that aim to ensure secure messaging, calling, and file transfers. Salt Communications is intended for small, medium, and large companies, including financial institutions, law enforcement agencies, government organizations, legal firms, and enterprises.

Key Features

Secure messaging and calls: According to the vendor, Salt Communications provides a secure messaging and calling feature to ensure that all communications between users are encrypted and protected. Messages and calls are said to be secured using peer-to-peer messaging with off the record and ephemeral key exchange.

Secure conference calls: Salt Communications allows for secure conference calls, aiming to ensure that group discussions remain private and protected. The vendor claims that conference calls are encrypted using multi-layered, ephemeral keys over DTLS.

Secure image & file transfers: Salt Communications enables secure image and file transfers, allowing users to share sensitive documents and media securely. The vendor states that images and files are encrypted using 256-bit AES encryption.

Flexible deployment options: Salt Communications offers flexible deployment options tailored to the needs of businesses and organizations. According to the vendor, the product can be deployed as a fully-hosted SaaS version within the Salt instance or in trusted partners' secure data centers. Alternatively, Salt Communications can be deployed as an on-premise solution, providing complete control over the communication system.

Message broadcasting: Salt Communications provides a secure message broadcasting feature, allowing organizations to send messages and alerts to groups of users within the system. The vendor suggests that broadcast messages can be generated by trusted external intelligence teams working on behalf of the community.

Screenshot compliance options: Salt Communications offers screenshot compliance options to prevent unauthorized capture of sensitive information. According to the vendor, users can enable screenshot restrictions to ensure that messages and content cannot be captured as screenshots.