Email Security

Today's confidentiality and privacy requirements drive organizations of all sizes and industries to secure sensitive data in email. Often particular types of data need to be encrypted, such as credit card numbers, intellectual property, or client information. Organizations also need to protect confidential emails for particular groups, such as executive management, human resources or legal departments. Many organizations are turning to policy-based encryption to meet their encryption needs because it automatically encrypts data using content filtering rules that identify types of content or email for particular groups. Encryption is applied when the rules are triggered. With policy-based encryption, organizations avoid relying on individual users to secure important content.

West Coast Labs performed a comparison test on a range of email solutions (appliances, software, and hosted service solutions) to measure their relative spam detection rates over a series of at least 100,000 genuine spam emails using West Coast Labs real-time spam feed.

Many small and medium-sized businesses do not have adequate network security. Here's how to make sure you do. Now more than ever, you depend on your network for your most important business operations, such as communication, inventory, billing, sales, and trading with partners. Yet up to now, you might have held off on protecting your network, for several reasons.

According to Forrester, "Google is setting a new price floor on email and archiving costs." Download the independent research report comparing the costs of email from Google and other providers.

All businesses face a daily bombardment of email spam that consumes valuable IT staff time as well as end-user productivity. In addition, email is an attack vector for many types of security threats to businesses, including phishing, viruses, spyware, and malicious URLs. Given that all businesses are experiencing the financial pressures of a tightening world economy, coupled with the uncertainty of any near-term recovery, small and medium-sized business (SMB) managers are searching for ways to cut costs while continuing to maintain a consistent level of service and protection for their businesses.

Discover why sending large e-mail attachments and other digital files is becoming increasingly problematic.  Download this informative data sheet now to learn how FTP flaws can result in exposure; why large email attachments aren’t getting through; risks of delivering files via CD-ROM; and how new digital delivery developments make it possible to send large files, fast and securely.

In this datasheet, discover how it’s now possible to send large files in a way that’s safer and more affordable than FTP, courier services, and email attachments.  Learn how to beat the security challenges that come with global collaboration and data sharing; avoid crippling data transfer problems like partial file delivery or network delays; and know where your file is every step of the way, from sendoff to final destination. Download your copy now.

This WebCast introduces Osterman Research who shows and overview of Exchange 2007 and it's growth in terms to help security issues faced by Financial Services and how Exchange 2007 addresses them. Focused on the messaging, Web and collaboration industries. There are also practice areas which include archiving, security, encryption, content management, etc...download to learn more!

Microsoft Exchange is the leading business email and collaboration solution for the small,up to the large, business markets, and this whitepaper compares the security of Microsoft Exchange Services deployed in-house versus a hosted model with SaaS service providers. By choosing Intermedia as their Hosted Exchange SaaS Solution Provider, businesses can achieve email and total messaging security, as well as a piece of mind, by leveraging Intermedia’s infrastructure and experience with running a secured messaging platform.

For companies with strapped and/or non-existent IT teams, outsourcing Microsoft Exchange can be an extremely smart, cost-effective option. While the hosted email market is indeed growing fast, a few stubborn myths continue to hold back many businesses from embracing it as a viable option to an in-house solution. In this article we will debunk those falsehoods one by one to show why a hosted Exchange model is the best choice for smaller organizations.

In this WebCast, 5 typical myths of Hosted Exchange will be debunked. This webcast covers the Exchange 2007: On-Premis vs. Hosted. It goes through pros and consfor On-Premis and Hosted Exchange 2007. To learn more, download now!

Almost every task one performs at work includes the exchange of information in one form or another and much of that is exchanged via email and its attachments. Yet too many enterprises view e-mail as a mature technology that simply accomplishes a rather mundane but necessary task, taking e-mail for granted. They rarely seek to leverage it beyond its most fundamental function. However, the messaging services that form the basis of e-mail are far more valuable than the e-mail itself, and can be used innovative ways to save time and money in our every day tasks. Download to learn more.

According to experts at TrendLabs, spam now makes up close to 95% of all email and continues to grow. In the first three months of 2008 spam rates almost doubled over rates observed at the end of 2007 and TrendLabs predicts that average daily spam volumes will increase by 30 to 50 billion messages per day within the year.1 As spam continues to grow at dramatic rates, traditional on-premise email security products are failing to keep up. This limitation is one of the primary reasons that IDC predicts demand for hosted security solutions -also known as SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions-will grow by more than 30% annually through 2012.2 For context, the growth rate for hosted email security is projected to be more than eight times that of the traditional software email security market, and more than 60% faster than appliance-based email security solutions.

Businesses are experiencing a dramatic increase in spam and email-based attacks. These assaults not only hurt employee productivity, they consume valuable IT staff time and infrastructure resources. These threats can also expose organizations to data leaks, compliance issues and legal risks. Trend Micro's SaaS email security solution blocks spam, viruses, phishing, and other email threats before they touch your network, helping you reclaim IT staff time, end-user productivity, bandwidth, mail server storage and cpu capacity. Optional content filtering enforces compliance and helps prevent data leaks.

After years of transferring many business activities online to take advantage of the benefits of the Internet, companies have now spent billions of dollars on antivirus software and other security measures. High-profile outbreaks and breaches reported in the international media have helped drive them to implement security measures that protect their customers and their brands while still growing their businesses...Download this paper to read more.

The Internet has proven to be a vital communications medium for worldwide commerce, but as an open and unprotected global network it can also present a wide range of threats that can cripple any business organization. Several years ago, most Internet threats were relatively benign examples of a young adolescent’s technical expertise but over time they have evolved into increasingly sophisticated domestic and foreign attacks that are designed to capture financial, personal, or strategic business information. Threats now come in the form of deliberately malicious acts, and exploitative opportunities for hackers and/or organized crime. The impact is serious, and the landscape of victims is getting broader every day. In response, no organization can afford to have its networks remain unprotected.

Email is one of the most critical applications in use in business today: it is embedded in many business workflows, it is used by engineers to inform them of infrastructure issues and it is used to communicate with customers and business partners. In short, the modern organization has email at the heart of its communications and business processes. This makes it critical to minimize both the downtime and loss of email upon the outset of a business continuity event.

In this whitepaper, get a detailed look at dangerous robot networks or “botnets,” such as Sobig, StormWorm and MayDay. Understand how their creators are constantly evolving these threats to prevent detection by traditional forms of security. Finally, learn how the MessageLabs solution provides unique protection against botnets.

Unmanaged employee use of email and the web can subject any organization to costly risks including litigation, regulatory investigations and public embarrassment.  Download this guide and learn how to deploy clearly written Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) for email and web usage, supported by employee training and enforced by proven technology solutions.

Security is the most single critical task for any email administrator. Starting with a foundation of anti-spam and anti-virus capabilities, organizations should focus on other capabilities, as well, including policy management and a variety of other tasks designed to protect the network and the company from external and internal threats.

Every enterprise has to find a balance between security and the ability to carry on conducting business freely. This short guide is about finding that balance. By following some basic principles, there's no reason you can't let legitimate business email move into, out of and within your enterprise while stopping the things that cause damage: viruses, spam, spyware, trojans, phishing, Denial of Service attacks, the loss of sensitive data and the collection of illegal, immoral and just plain offensive material.

So-called "redirector" or "search engine" spam emerged in late 2007 and has now grown into a significant threat to businesses. In this new MessageLabs whitepaper, learn about the latest spammer ploy to get dangerous links past traditional defenses, and how MessageLabs delivers a proven, cost-effective solution.

Rootkits, Trojans, ransomware, Denial-of-Service and much more – this newly released white paper from MX Logic covers the everchanging security threat landscape. Learn what malicious intrusions are out there, how to identify them and how to keep your network safe.

In this recent report, the Aberdeen Group’s research revealed that 100% of Best-in-Class companies consume some managed security services as part of their security strategy. The most widely deployed and easiest to implement managed security service is email security.

In this Methodologies and Best Practices document, Burton Group Research Director Daniel Blum recounts customer perspectives on the anti-malware battlefield playing out at the enterprise level. The document explores lessons learned, and what keeps customers awake at night even after good defensive strategies are in place. The Reference RFI alone is valuable for those switching anti-malware products, or seeking new ones.