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2 SIGABA SECURE USER GUIDE NOVEMBER 2009

3 Commonwealth of Australia 2009 This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced without permission from the Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights can be made to: The Manager, Public Affairs Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority PO Box 6182 KINGSTON ACT 2604 Australia This document is published by the APVMA. In referencing this document the APVMA should be cited as both author and publisher. Comments and enquiries may be directed to: Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority PO Box 6182 KINGSTON ACT 2604 Australia Telephone: Fax:

4 CONTENTS iii CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 REGISTER AN ACCOUNT WITH SIGABA TO ENABLE VIEWING OF SECURE MESSAGES 1.1 The Registration Process 1.2 Enter a Password 1.3 Registration Phase 1: Complete and activating your account: 1.4 Activating your account: 1.5 Confirm Password 1.6 Enter Account Details 1.7 Registration Complete READ SECURE MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM THE APVMA AND VIEW/SAVE ANY ATTACHMENTS Alert Messages Login to Sigaba to Authenticate Your Account Viewing the Message Opening an attachment and saving Sending a Secure Reply Type your message Attaching Documents Sent Confirmation Sigaba User Management 13

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6 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION The APVMA has launched the Verizon Business secure messaging service, Sigaba, to enable a secure method of communication via between the APVMA and its external stakeholders. This service will allow the APVMA to send and receive X-IN-CONFIDENCE (for example, commercial-in-confidence) information via . All APVMA that is identified as being confidential at the time it is sent will be encrypted by the Sigaba system and then forwarded to the recipient. Opening a confidential will require a secure encryption key that will be provided to the recipient of the after they have confirmed their identity through Sigaba. After successfully accessing a secure , it can be printed and saved, along with any attachments contained in the message. Secure replies can also be sent, including any attachments. First time users of Sigaba will need to register an account before being able to view secure s. This guide provides instructions on how to: 1. Register an account with Sigaba to enable viewing of secure messages; 2. View secure messages received from the APVMA and view/save any attachments; and 3. Send a secure reply and attach documents.

7 2 SIGABA SECURE USER INSTRUCTIONS 1 REGISTER AN ACCOUNT WITH SIGABA TO ENABLE VIEWING OF SECURE MESSAGES If you have received an like the one shown below, it will be a secure from the APVMA using the Sigaba Secure Messaging Service. To begin creating an account click on the link highlighted.

8 REGISTER AN ACCOUNT The Registration Process On the Sigaba Welcome screen (as shown below), enter your address and click on the Next button to continue. 1.2 Enter a Password Ensure the password you enter is at least 7 characters long and uses a combination of letters and numbers (or symbols). Click on the Next button to continue.

9 4 SIGABA SECURE USER INSTRUCTIONS 1.3 Registration Phase 1: Complete and activating your account: After you have entered your address and selected a password, the Sigaba secure messaging service will send you a confirmation . The contains further instructions for completing the registration process and activating your account. 1.4 Activating your account: Open the confirmation from Verizon Business to complete the process for registration and activate your account. Click on the link in the or copy and paste the URL into your web browser.

10 REGISTER AN ACCOUNT Confirm Password Enter the password you created for your previously and click on the Next button continue. 1.6 Enter Account Details Enter in your account user details in the fields as displayed below to complete the registration process and click on the Submit button.

11 6 SIGABA SECURE USER INSTRUCTIONS 1.7 Registration Complete This completes the registration process for your Sigaba account. You can now view secure messages sent to you from the APVMA.

12 READ SECURE MESSAGE 7 2 READ SECURE MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM THE APVMA AND VIEW/SAVE ANY ATTACHMENTS Open your original message from Verizon Business as in the example below and open the attachment. In this example clicking on the View or Download hyperlink will open the attachment. A new window will open in your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer) as shown below. Click on the Read Message Now button to proceed.

13 8 SIGABA SECURE USER INSTRUCTIONS 2.1 Alert Messages Depending on the security setting for your browser and the type of your account (e.g. Gmail etc), you may see one or both of the below pop up windows appear. To proceed click the OK button for each. 2.2 Login to Sigaba to Authenticate Your Account Before you can view a message you must authenticate yourself by entering your address and password that you created when registering with Sigaba. Click on the Authenticate button to view the .

14 READ SECURE MESSAGE Viewing the Message After authentication the message will be decrypted and displayed. An example message of an sent using Sigaba Secure Messaging Service is shown below. 2.4 Opening an attachment and saving Where an includes an attachment, you can open the attachment simply by clicking on the link to the attachment as highlighted in the below example.

15 10 SIGABA SECURE USER INSTRUCTIONS When opened you can then save the document as you would normally, for example in Microsoft Word, click on the File menu, and select Save as. The attachment can also be saved directly by moving the mouse over the attached document and right clicking. This will open Save As window and you can save the file to either your desktop or other preferred directory location. 2.5 Sending a Secure Reply Send a secure reply to the sender by clicking on the Secure Reply button.

16 READ SECURE MESSAGE Type your message Type your response in the window provided and click on the Send Secure Reply button to send it.

17 12 SIGABA SECURE USER INSTRUCTIONS 2.7 Attaching Documents If you wish to include an attachment, click on the Browse button in the bottom section of the screen and select the document you wish to attach. Click on the Upload file button to attach your document to your .

18 READ SECURE MESSAGE Sent Confirmation After you have clicked on the Send Secure Reply button, you will receive confirmation that your has been sent via secure Sigaba User Management For additional information about Sigaba and managing your account, go to Sigaba User Management website at