HighSide applications leverage the HighSide distributed Encryption & Authentication Protocol (HEAP to encrypt transmissions and broker access to the encrypted content. The following content is specific to the application of HEAP within the HighSide stand-alone desktop and mobile applications. While other integrated products, like SecureTeams, leverage HEAP, the application and operation may vary.
This is a technical overview of how HighSide works, you do not need to read or understand any of this to use HighSide correctly unless you are the admin for your team in which case you might choose to just read the section on authentication.