MessageLabs White Paper Sample

Email security is expensive, difficult and the problems are getting worse. Growing volumes of spam require that the security infrastructure periodically be supplemented in order to maintain messaging throughput and performance. Malware attacks are getting more sophisticated and stealthier and will be more difficult to detect and remediate. The number of ingress points for threats is growing as organizations seek to gain more competitive advantage from the use of mobile devices and Web 2.0 applications. All the while, labor continues to get more expensive.

Decision makers should carefully evaluate their cost of maintaining email, Web and other security defenses and make sound choices about the future direction of their security infrastructure. Doing so will permit organizations to get the most bang for the buck from their security dollars and offer very high levels of protection for their data and users.