Methods to ensure the safety of electronic mail change constantly. Among the many decisions an organization has to make is whether to perform security on site or detour the messages to a trusted outside party. E-mail security deals with tangible code threats - viruses, Trojans and malware in the e-mails - as well as more subtle threats such as phishing, whaling and other social engineering exploits.
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Combat Theft by Thinking Like a Phisher
Carl Weinschenk spoke with Markus Jakobsson, associate professor at Indiana University and associate director of the Center for Applied Cyber Security Research . Jakobsson runs experiments designed to gather information to combat phishing. Weinschenk : Why do you do these studies? Jakobsson... More >
Turning Security Inside Out
Carl Weinschenk spoke with Bill Bartow, vice president of product management, Tizor Systems . Weinschenk : You say there are four types of breaches. What are they? Bartow : There are four ways in which data can be exposed outside a company. Number one is through e-mail, which generally is... More >
Messaging Security Beyond Corporate E-Mail
Carl Weinschenk spoke with Eric Ogren, security analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group . ESG recently released a report, "Messaging Security: Beyond E-Mail." Weinschenk : What did the study look at, and what did you find? Ogren : We looked at purchasing motives. We wanted to know what the... More >
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Google Moves Gmail to HTTPS
Following recent hacking attempts by China on its e-mail service, Google has decided to move its Gmail to a more secure protocol. According to SFGate , HTTPS access to Gmail is now the default and will be rolled out to users over the next several weeks. Attacks on Google's corporate servers in an attempt to... More >
'Human Error' Behind Google Data Leak
Google is blaming human error for an e-mail that went out to users of its business listings service that contained potentially sensitive business data, reports PCWorld.com . According to InformationWeek , recipients of Google's Local Business Center newsletter received statistics for other people's businesses .... More >
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