1. A system comprising: a telecommunications switch comprising a processor, a memory, and a security checkpoint system, the security checkpoint system verifying that information received at the telecommunications switch in a secure electronic container was routed through one or more required or authorized security checkpoint systems prior to receipt, and that the secure electronic container was sent in accordance with controls restricting the transmission of the information in the secure electronic container; and a secure end user node, the end user node being located at a site on a telecommunications network that is remote from the telecommunications switch, the end user node being configured to receive the secure electronic container from the security checkpoint system over the telecommunications network, and to securely enable an end user to use the information in the secure electronic container in accordance with controls included in the secure electronic container; wherein the security checkpoint system and the end user node are independent from a security perspective, such that a breach of security related to the end user node will not compromise the security of the security checkpoint system.