Managing the Skyrocketing Costs of Email
Security
The multi-layered email security architecture
Executive Overview
Email has revolutionized business communications.
This electronic forum supports effortless information
sharing, provides the ability to complete complex
transactions within minutes, and enables real-time
communications without speaking a word. The
irony is that the same innovation that creates
so many
opportunities also makes businesses vulnerable
to increased costs, diminished productivity,
and greater security and liability risks. In
order for organizations to manage email, this
powerful communications vehicle requires around-the-clock
skilled management, strategic planning, and
the optimal combination of technologies and
infrastructure.
Executive management should recognize the importance
of providing a solid email platform which avoids
the pitfalls that are inherent to email, including
wasted resources and growing security risks – all
of this while remaining focused on the core
competencies of the business. Today, integrating
comprehensive
email security is becoming the key to protecting
the corporate network and its value will increase
in direct correlation to the increase in size,
complexity and risk of tomorrow’s email
platforms.
This white paper is designed to give the executive
manager more in depth information about email defense
systems and to help business leaders determine
whether their environments may be at risk, and
if so, the cost of those risks. The white paper
reviews the following concepts:
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Email threats
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Costs associated with email
threats
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The multi-layered email defense
system
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Strategies on how to secure the messaging system
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