IBM has introduced technology to help SMEs reduce the
cost and security risks associated with spam and to make existing
spam filtering solutions more effective.
The technology, FairUce (Fair use of Unsolicited Commercial
E-mail), analyses the domain identity of an e-mail, helping to
establish each message’s legitimacy by linking it back to its
origin in terms of e-mail address, domain and originating computer.
Since IP addresses are fixed and cannot be changed, this enables
users to identify messages sent from zombie computers, or bot
devices, as well as those from legitimate servers.
Spammers who assume false identities should therefore be unable
to hide, which should reduce the growing threats of phishing and
spoofing.
FairUce is designed to work alongside traditional spam filters,
which scan e-mail content as it enters the network, but which can
heavily tax network bandwidth. Its key benefit is to allow users to
identify potentially harmful traffic as early as possible before it
enters the network proper.
Stuart McIrvine, director of corporate security strategy at IBM,
said, “Spam has become a high-priority security issue for
businesses today. By creating a multi-layered defence that
proactively repels spam at its source, SMEs can get ahead of
spammers and malicious hackers, who are always looking for new ways
of penetrating IT systems through e-mail.”
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