Data security with iPhone sync to First Class over Rogers network

I manage about 20 iPhones over the Rogers network in Southern Ontario. We use them to sync Contact and Calendar info to our First Class email system and to collect email via an IMAP connection to First Class. I've got some users concerned about data security when they sync their calendars and contacts and about the vulnerability of their email. Most of these concerns come from former BlackBerry users who felt their data was encrypted with a BlackBerry and now isn't with the iPhone. Oh ya, I've set up the calendar and contact sync by using instructions my Apple rep gave me. Basically you set up an Exchange account and leave out the domain name and the iPhone syncs with First Class perfectly.
Any thoughts?
Thanks

The iPhone's Mail client supports SSL for the incoming and outgoing mail server, but supporting a connection using SSL depends on the email account provider. If you control this, enable connecting to the incoming and outgoing mail server via SSL and require doing so when accessing the account with the iPhone's Mail client.
I don't know what security is included when connecting to an Exchange server via ActiveSync for over the air syncing for contact info and calendar events, but since this is used by businesses, the connection should be secure.

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