To encrypt all documents automatically

About this task

You can set up a form to encrypt all encryptable fields automatically. Then, whenever someone saves a new document composed with that form, all the encryptable fields in that document are encrypted using the key(s) you assigned, unless the author or editor changes the encryption keys associated with the document or disables encryption.

Documents created before you add the encryption keys remain unencrypted; however, you can manually encrypt them. For the details of manually encrypting data in a document, see Notes® Client Help.

Procedure

  1. Open a form.
  2. Enable encryption for one or more of the form's fields.
  3. Choose Design - Form Properties.
  4. Click the Security tab.
  5. The "Default encryption keys" list shows all secret encryption keys in your ID. Click the ones you want to add to the form as defaults.
  6. Save and close the form.

Results

Note: If you use secret rather than public encryption keys, you must distribute the keys to all users who need them.