Email Security

All-in-One Guides:Email Security

Email Security

This All-in-One Guide is a collection of resources to help you secure your email systems regardless of where you are in the learning or buying process. If you're new to securing email, we recommend you start at the beginning with our Security School covering fundamental issues. If you're shopping for technology, skip ahead to the sections on evaluating your options, product reviews and engaging vendors. If you're currently managing email security technology, check out the section on post-implementation issues. In each section, we'll logically guide you through our resources to maximize your learning experience.

  • Product Options

    You've got a lot of choices when it comes to email security products. How do you decide between software and hardware options? What are the pros and cons of best-of-breed technologies and integrated suites? This section helps you begin the procurement process and sort out the options available to you.

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  • Lesson 1

    In Lesson 1 of Email Security School, guest instructor Joel Snyder teaches you standards-based ways to increase the security of SMTP-based email, as well as the architecture for identifying and defining email security threats from the IP layer through SMTP, MIME and up to the content layer.

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  • Reviews

    Security practitioners must sort through the myriad products available for any given problem. Our collection of reviews from SearchSecurity.com and our sister publication, Information Security magazine, helps you find the best technologies for your organization. You'll find our reviews broken down by hardware, software and services. We're continually adding new reviews, so check back frequently.

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  • Managing Technology

    Even the latest and greatest technologies need ongoing maintenance. Here you'll find resources to help you continue to get the most out of your investment, as well as tips for tactical solutions to the everyday problems that plague email security.

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  • Essentials

    Here, you'll find resources that will help you understand email threats and the true extent of the dangers they pose. Plus, get a grasp on encryption, how it works and how to apply it to email.

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  • Engaging Vendors

    Once you've defined your product requirements, it's time to interact with vendors. This section offers tips for getting the most out of RFPs, vendor pitches, contract negotiations and more.

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  • Lesson 3

    In Lesson 3 of Email Security School, guest instructor Joel Snyder teaches the factors to consider when evaluating and selecting enterprise email security products. You will also learn how to construct requirements definitions for email security and how to evaluate different products to select the best one for your organization.

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  • Email Security School

    In SearchSecurity.com's Email Security School, you'll learn tactics for securing your email systems, beginning with the essentials, moving on to spam and virus defense, and wrapping up with policy control. Each of the three lessons consists of a webcast, technical paper and quiz created by our guest instructor, Joel Snyder. In addition, through our agreement with (ISC)², all CISSPs and SSCPs who register with a valid email address and attend all three course webcasts can earn one CPE credit per lesson webcast.

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  • Lesson 2

    In Lesson 2 of Email Security School, guest instructor Joel Snyder teaches proactive strategies for minimizing the threat of spam and viruses to enterprise networks. Building on the email security essentials introduced in Lesson 1, learn how spam and viruses should be dealt with once they've made their way on to your networks, and issues in implementing end user controls and quarantines.

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