Abstract: A secure messaging system and method is provided for secure end-to-end messaging solutions for data transaction inside and outside an organization. With such secure messaging, communications are safely stored within an encrypted database. Users are presented with a secure Web-based front-end that looks and functions like a traditional email that is familiar to an email user. In one embodiment, only delivery notifications of messages appear in a user's email inbox with a link that directs the user to a system portal for secure viewing. The messages are securely entered via a Web interface and then sent directly to a staging server. The staging server sends the intended recipient an unencrypted email informing the recipient that there is a secure message waiting to be picked up. The recipient can click on an embedded hyperlink, authenticates and securely views the message as a Web page via a secure connection.