| Ample media attention has been focused on
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| | the American Management Association and
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| security issues such as viruses, phishing
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| | ePolicy Institute (Workplace E-Mail and
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| attacks and theft of sensitive customer
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| | Instant Messaging Survey,) 60 % of
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| information from large databases. The
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| | American Companies use software to
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| proliferation of Spyware and Malware
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| | monitor the content of inbound and
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| (malicious software) has also garnered
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| | outbound email messages (3).Email
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| media attention. Another major, yet
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| | containing everything from inappropriate
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| seldom discussed threat which goes on
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| | language, file types and other data are
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| largely ignored outside the IT community
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| | often flagged by a company's IT
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| is the theft and redistribution of
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| | Department. While monitoring employee
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| email.To make a product which best
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| | email can reduce a company from
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| addresses the quiet rise in email
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| | liability, this policy can have a
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| thuggery, sometimes we have to think like
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| | different, malevolent result. In a worst
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| a criminal or mal-doer. How would these
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| | case scenario, unscrupulous IT insiders
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| digital thugs hunt for Personal
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| | may be tempted to gain access to a
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| Identifying Information (PII), company
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| | company's email logs, thereby
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| assets or secret email conversations
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| | compromising executive and other
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| intended to be read ONLY by the
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| | departmental communication.Interception
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| recipient? Consider this article a
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| | at the ISP Server - While most Internet
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| security instructional on how-to get
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| | Service Providers (ISPs) have very sound
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| inside the mindset of those "bad
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| | security policies regarding access to
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| guys."Your occupation influences the
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| | their servers, it is possible for an ISP
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| number and type of emails you create and
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| | insider to get a hold of your email and
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| send each day. Most of the email you
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| | attachments. Your email is stored in a
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| send contains harmless, benign material
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| | queue for a split second while being
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| that you wouldn't mind anyone else
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| | transferred from server to sever on its
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| reading or sharing with others. However,
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| | way to your recipient's inbox. In most
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| there are portions of your online
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| | cases your emails are deleted as soon as
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| communiqué each day that probably
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| | they arrive at the next stop. As in the
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| shouldn't be forwarded. These messages
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| | previously mention "Company Scanning"
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| and attachments contain information that
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| | scenario it is just as plausible that
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| if stolen and/or re-distributed could
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| | your email could be hijacked by a
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| harm yourself and/or your business. The
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| | malicious ISP employee who decides to
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| following are just some ways a thief
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| | mirror all of the ISP's contents on his
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| could intercept your email.Interception
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| | or her own server. This may be of
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| of your wireless signal - If you use an
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| | particular concern when sending email to
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| unencrypted wireless to log-on the
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| | countries that do not enforce individual
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| internet or your local server, you are
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| | privacy protection policies.Cross-Border
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| running a high risk of having your
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| | Interception - When emailing
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| information stolen. The majority of
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| | internationally there are few legal
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| wireless networks are completely
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| | safeguards to keep your email and
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| unsecured.Although it only requires a
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| | attachments from being stolen. In many
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| click to enable wireless security, most
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| | developing nations your proprietary
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| users do not encrypt their wireless
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| | information could provide a financial
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| transmissions. Intercepting these
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| | windfall for the employees of the local
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| unsecured messages is trivial, making it
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| | ISP. Your email will likely reach your
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| easy for hackers to gain access to email
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| | recipient but it have also have been
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| as well your files stored on your
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| | copied, sold or sent elsewhere. Without
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| laptop.Be cautious of local hotspot
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| | added security measures, neither you nor
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| café. Hotspot hijackers may also
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| | your company will have knowledge of the
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| utilize wireless networks to insert
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| | ill-effect until the damage has been
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| viruses, spy-ware, or malware on the
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| | done.If foreign laws do not allow your
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| computers of those who connect unsecured
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| | recipients to install encryption
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| to the hotspot network.Access to your
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| | software, find another way to transfer
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| email account is stolen - Once and
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| | your important information.Diligency
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| outsider has gained access to your email
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| | About Your Online Safety Pays - Hackers,
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| account, they not only have access to all
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| | digital thieves, thugs and general
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| of your messages (and potentially your
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| | internet mal-doers strive to intercept
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| on-line passwords) but can also use it to
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| | your email with the goal of financial
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| distribute spam, viruses and other
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| | gain or to cause havoc. Avoiding them
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| harmful information that appears to come
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| | will inevitably save your company's
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| from you. Three methods are typically
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| | assets. Staying abreast of the newest
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| used by outsiders to gain access to your
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| | ways to steal your PII and paying
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| email account:1.) Theft via interception
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| | attention to Security and Technology news
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| 2.) Password cracking
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| | in general is key to a best practices
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| 3.) Key loggersYour email password and
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| | business policy.SMBs (Small and Medium
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| username can easily be intercepted if you
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| | Businesses) in the technology sector are
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| log-in via an unsecured connection. To
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| | seeing security and encryption as the
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| ensure that you are logging-in securely,
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| | forefront of their IT priorities. In
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| look for the https: prefix on the web
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| | July 2005, Forrester Research released
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| address. Doing so will greatly reduce
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| | its SMB findings after surveying nearly
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| the possibilities for password
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| | 800 technology decision-makers on their
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| interception.If you use a simple password
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| | IT services priorities. Among
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| consisting of a single word that exists
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| | Forrester's findings, 71 percent of SMBs
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| in the dictionary, your email can be
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| | will buy security software, similar to
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| easily hijacked. If they want your
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| | the 75% that said they would invest in
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| information bad enough, motivated hackers
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| | 2004 (4).Isn't SBRM (Small Business
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| can either guess it or crack it by using
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| | Rights Management) Expensive? -
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| software tool to try every word in the
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| | Compliance as it concerns digital data is
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| dictionary until access is gained.The
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| | finally catching up to the widening
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| best way to prevent password cracking
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| | commercial sector which is highly
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| from happening is to choose a strong
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| | impacted by the success of small
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| password which is a combines different
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| | businesses. Small firms dealing with
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| cases, letters, numerals and symbols such
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| | compliance issues can turn to specific
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| as "4JeIw#Tr&2".Diligent email hackers
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| | SBRM solutions to bridge the gap between
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| can also gain access to your email by
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| | staying current with industry regulations
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| installing key-logging software on your
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| | and staying in business. ERM (enterprise
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| computer. Key-logging software silently
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| | rights management) software has itself
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| records all of your key strokes and sends
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| | has begun to slim down in price in
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| them to an interested individual or
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| | acknowledgement of the budgetary
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| group. Your usernames and passwords can
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| | constraints of small businesses. Current
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| be parsed and then used to steal your
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| | SBRM software can be as vastly robust as
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| on-line access to your email, credit
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| | common ERM solutions, but as they are
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| card, bank information, shopping accounts
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| | specified for the needs of smaller
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| or any other means of PII (Personal
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| | business entities, are more affordable
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| Identifying Information). The best means
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| | too.Using encryption will ensure secure
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| to thwarting key-login is to use
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| | transmission when sending email. However,
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| anti-spyware and firewall protection and
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| | the best way to prevent your email and
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| always keeping them up to date.Insider
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| | attachments from being intercepted and
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| leaks and Redistributing Sensitive
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| | redistributed is to use Digital Rights
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| Content - Employees are the leading cause
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| | Management (DRM) software, which is often
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| of corporate security breaches. According
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| | described within the business sector as
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| to a 2005 study by the FBI and CSI.(1)
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| | Enterprise Rights Management (ERM). DRM
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| Insider abuse accounts for approximately
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| | for the Enterprise and Small Business
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| 50% of all security breaches. You may
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| | sectors gives content authors the power
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| only have to look out across your SMB's
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| | to determine how recipients may use their
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| office to see a digital thief among
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| | email and documents. For example,
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| you.The Ponemon Institute's "Survey on
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| | senders can prevent unauthorized
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| Data Security Breaches" reveals that 69%
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| | distribution (no forwarding, printing)
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| of all serious data leaks occur as a
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| | and prevent unauthorized editing (no cut,
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| result of employee activities, whether
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| | copy, paste) of content, i.e. copy
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| intentional or unintentional (2). Of
| |
| | prevention.When taken into account, the
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| those leaks, 14 % involved intellectual
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| | countless hours put into building your
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| property including software source code.
| |
| | company, protecting your company assets
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| Other findings by the Ponemon institute
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| | from online thugs is a necessary tool to
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| cross into business-client best practices
| |
| | ensure your business survives from this
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| area and are as follows:* 39 % involved
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| | year to the next.- - - - - - - - - -End
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| confidential business information.
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| | Notes:1.) Gordon, Lawrence A., Martin P.
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| * 27 % involved personal information
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| | Loeb, William Lucyshyn and Robert
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| about customers
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| | Richardson, "CSI/FBI Computer Crime and
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| * 10 % involved personal information
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| | Security Survey" July 2005, 13.2.)
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| about employeesDissemination of sensitive
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| | Ponemon Institute - as cited by DRM
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| information can happen all too easily.
| |
| | Review), "Leading Cause of Data Security
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| An accidental click of the "Forward" or
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| | Breaches Are Due to Insiders, Not
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| "Reply All" button can send proprietary
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| | Outsiders" DRM Review February 10, 2005
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| information to unwanted
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| | December 1, 2005.3.) Virginia Business
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| parties.Interception on Your Company's
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| | Magazine Online "Email Snooping" May 2005
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| Network - Many companies do not have
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| | Issue, Virginia Business Magazine,
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| security protocols in place to prevent
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| | December 1, 2005, Michael Speyer, and
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| the interception of interoffice email.
| |
| | Liz Herbert, "Software And Services in
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| Before email is transferred to the
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| | the SMB Market - Business
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| internet it typically travels through the
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| | Technographics," Forrester Research. - -
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| corporate intranet first. If your local
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| | - - - - - -Ms. Veniegas is an alumni of
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| network is not secure, it is a trivial
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| | the University of Washington Marilee
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| matter for an employee with packet
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| | joined the Marketing team at Essential
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| sniffer software to intercept all of your
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| | Security Software, Inc. in 2005. She also
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| intra-network communications.Company
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| | serves as one of the ESS site editors for
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| Scanning of Outbound and Inbound Email
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| | I Want My ESS! a stolen work and SMB
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| Content - According to a 2004 survey by
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| | resource site.
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