100% Malware-Free Email: A Guaranteed Approach

100% Malware-Free E-mail:
A Guaranteed Approach
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Battling the Increase in Malware and Spam..................................................................................................... 3
The Mail Server - A Critical Vulnerability........................................................................................................... 3
Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks .................................................................................................................... 4
Directory Harvest Attacks (DHA)................................................................................................................... 4
Phishing................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Spyware................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Levels of Protection for the Mail Service............................................................................................................ 5
Achieving Network Security through Managed Services............................................................................ 5
Panda TrustLayer Mail Managed Service........................................................................................................... 6
How It Works........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Benefits of Using TrustLayer Mail.................................................................................................................. 8
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................................... 9
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Battling the Increase in Malware and SpamIT managers are working hard to combat the increasing volume of malware attacks on their enterprises. These attacks are also becoming progressively more sophisticated. As a result, the risks of them causing damage to the business are greater than ever before. The majority of threats that reach a company do so through the mail server. There are several reasons for this trend:
. The enterprise's mail service is the most frequently used communication channel across the Internet. An e-mail is easy to access and manipulate. The SMTP mail protocol is simple and can be emulated by any Internet user. Many confidential company communications are still transmitted using e-mail. Firewall-type corporate security devices do not filter SMTP traffic which reaches e-mail servers. Mail directories often include highly sensitive corporate information, such as organizational charts, key functions, directories with strategic information, etc.. The mail service is a channel for mass infection, via worms and Trojans that replicate in each target, using infected computers and reading mail lists in the host computer.
E-mail has become an indispensable tool in business management and even in personal relations, all but replacing traditional means of communication. But as with any widely implemented tool, it is susceptible to being used deliberately in ways that are detrimental to the users of the mail service.
One such negative use of e-mail services is spam. Mass mailing has proven to be a powerful, low-cost marketing tool. Spammers are able to get very quick returns, receiving payment for the number of mails that they send across the Internet. This has caused an avalanche in the development of this type of mail, reaching exorbitant figures in some countries. According to the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group 1(MAAWG),... [download for more]