Enterprise email and IM security journal

These days, everybody in the business world is connected to everybody else in some way, shape or form: that there are more opportunities for exposure to messaging threats.

Published: 31 Aug 2006

These days, everybody in the business world is connected to everybody else in some way, shape or form. From a security standpoint, this means that there are more opportunities for exposure to messaging threats. With email, instant messaging and file sharing, a computer or even an entire network can be compromised in a matter of seconds. Use these resources from SearchWindowsSecurity.com to defend yourself against the many threats posed to a fully connected Windows network.

Spam and phishing prevention and management

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Learning Guide: How to fight spam on Exchange Server

Spam. Everybody has it, nobody likes it. The Spam Learning Guide explains the basics of spam and offers techniques and tools to battle it. You'll find spam-related tutorials, tips, tools, white papers, expert advice and more that will help you combat unsolicited email in your Exchange Server environment.

IM/P2P Security

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Step-by-step guide: Blocking IM and P2P

In the wrong hands, IM and P2P file sharing can be too much of a risk for your organization. There are many ways to block this traffic, but some are more elegant -- with fewer adverse effects -- than others. Contributor Serdar Yegulalp details the process in this step-by-step guide.

Exchange Vulnerabilities

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Exchange Server security essentials

This compilation of our favorite Exchange Server security best practices, tips and tools will improve your fundamental understanding of common email security threats -- viruses, spam and phishing -- and teach you how to prevent and troubleshoot them.

Outlook vulnerabilities

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Office 2003 SP2's antiphishing filter for Outlook

Microsoft's new Office 2003 Service Pack 2 adds functionality to Outlook 2003's Junk Email Filter to help protect against phishing scams. Find out how it works.

Messaging Management

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Encryption methods to prevent email eavesdropping

If you don't want to have your email messages read by just anyone, you should probably encrypt them. Brien Posey also explains when to use digital certificates and digital signing.

Patching email servers

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Learning guide: Patch management

In this learning guide from the editors of SearchWindowsSecurity.com, you'll find a healthy collection of tips, expert Q & A's, webcasts, downloads and more that will ensure that you are properly prepared to handle all of your patch management issues.

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How to prevent a spear phishing attack from infiltrating an enterprise While spear phishing emails are becoming harder to detect, there are still ways to prevent them. Threats expert Nick Lewis gives advice.

Messaging and Email Learning Guides We've gathered a collection of our learning guides and tutorials on messaging and email-related topics. You'll find administration tips, and information about application integration, backup and recovery, and dealing with spam -- among other topics. Then see below, our messaging and email-related quizzes and our larger collection of resources. Need more basic information before you get started? See our definitions for email, instant messaging, malware and spam.

Messaging and Email Quizzes We've gathered a collection of our quizzes about messaging and email-related topics. Test your knowledge of administration, system integration, backup and recovery, and dealing with spam -- among other topics. Want to study up first? See below, our messaging and email-related learning guides and our larger collection of resources. Need more basic information before you get started? See our definitions for email, instant messaging, malware and spam.

Voice over IP Security: VoIP Threat Taxonomy In an excerpt from Voice over IP Security, author Patrick Park reviews VoIP threats, including spam, phishing and other threats against social context.

Answers: Top 10 consumer threats to the enterprise These are the answers to the WhatIs.com quiz, "What are the Top 10 consumer threats to the enterprise?"

Spam, phishing, IM attacks rise Malicious attacks using social engineering techniques are on the rise. While botnets may finally be forcing ISPs into the battle, enterprise security pros are working overtime on strategies to keep the threats at bay.

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