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WHY IS EMAIL SECURITY SO IMPORTANT?
The volume and sophistication of email-based threats continues to grow at an unchecked pace. Most organizations observe that as much as 90 percent of their incoming mail is invalid (spam, viruses, etc.), with the total number of incoming messages doubling every year – even as the number of employees stays constant. These email security threats are fueled by a powerful profit motive associated with spam, fraud and information theft. This creates resources that bring professional engineers into the business of developing new threats, further exacerbating the situation. As this cycle does not appear to have a natural equilibrium, threats are expected to continue to grow in volume and sophistication for the foreseeable future.
There are no silver bullets to eliminate the flaws found in email. The ultimate answer will likely emerge as a mixture of many complementary solutions. The sustained viability of email demands a convergence of market-driven research and technological development.
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Anti-Spam Technology Whitepaper
Today’s spam attacks have become too sophisticated for earlier-generation spam systems. These systems share a common weakness – relying heavily on analyzing content that can easily be manipulated by spammers. State of the art anti-spam systems must go beyond content examination and analyze messages in the full context in which they are sent.
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Data Loss Prevention Best Practices
Data loss prevention (DLP) is a serious issue for companies, as the number of incidents (and the cost to those experiencing them) continues to increase. Whether it’s a malicious attempt, or an inadvertent mistake, data loss can diminish a company’s brand, reduce shareholder value, and damage the company’s goodwill and reputation.
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Email Authentication Whitepaper
This lack of authentication means that a receiving mail server cannot reliably verify that a particular message is in fact from the sender it purports to be from, making it harder to identify friend from foe. Download this whitepaper to learn more.
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2008 Internet Security Trends Report
For a time, security controls designed to manage spam, viruses, and malware were working. Loud, high-impact attacks abated. But, as a result of this success, the threats they protected against were forced to change. In 2007, many of these threats underwent significant adaptation. Malware went stealth, and the sophistication increased.
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Measuring TCO at a Leading Financial Services Provider – AMVESCAP Case Study
As a regulated financial services provider, Amvescap must carefully safeguard company and client data. The company must also retain records of email and instant messaging transactions for seven years, and be able to respond quickly to questions about mail flow. To comply with these requirements, Amvescap keeps its mail system running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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Zero Hour Defense - Virus Outbreak Filters
IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters work proactively to provide a critical first layer of defense against new outbreaks. By detecting new outbreaks in real time and dynamically responding to prevent suspicious traffic from entering the network, IronPort Virus outbreak filters offer protection until new signature updates are deployed. Virus outbreak filters have two principal components. Download this whitepaper to learn more.
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