E-mail Security

A Pocket Guide

Steve Furnell, Paul Dowland, IT Governance Publishing

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IT Governance Publishing
30 November 2010

Computer security; Electronic mail (email): professional

The pocket guide provides a concise reference to the main security issues affecting those that deploy and use e-mail to support their organisations, considering e-mail in terms of its significance in a business context, and focusing upon why effective security policy and safeguards are crucial in ensuring the viability of business operations.

By: Steve Furnell, Paul Dowland
Edited by: IT Governance Publishing
Imprint: IT Governance Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 95mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 97g
ISBN: 9781849280969
ISBN 10: 1849280967
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 30 November 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Glossary of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Email: Can we live without it? Dependency without a guarantee The implications of dependence Takeaways Chapter 2: Email threats and attacks Mass-mailed malware Spams and scams There's something Phishy going on Takeaways Chapter 3: Securing the client General guidelines Web based clients Takeaways Chapter 4: Safety in transit Protocols Countermeasures Takeaways Chapter 5: Server side security Firewall Authenticated access Connection filtering Address filtering Content filtering Challenge/response Email gateway Relaying UBE by attachment Takeaways Chapter 6: Email archiving Archiving because we want to Archiving because we have to Takeaways Chapter 7: Ethereal email Takeaways Chapter 8: Risking our reputation? Going down in history Just having a laugh? Putting it in a policy Takeaways Appendix: additional notes Domain Name System (DNS) Architectures ITG Resources

Dr Paul Dowland has first-hand, practical experience of administering and securing email services in his role supporting the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research at the University of Plymouth, as well as teaching both network- and application-level security principles and practice at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has also authored/edited more than 70 publications including 34 peer-reviewed papers in journals and international conferences. Professor Steven Furnell is the head of the Centre for Information Security & Network Research at the University of Plymouth. He has been active in security-related research since 1992, and his interests include computer crime, user authentication and security usability. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Information Management & Computer Security, a Fellow and Branch Chair of the British Computer Society (BCS), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

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Professor Steven Furnell is Professor of Information Systems Security and Head of School at the University of Plymouth's Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research. He is the author of Mobile Security: A Pocket Guide (2009), also published by IT Governance. Dr Paul Dowland is Senior Lecturer in Information Systems Security at the University of Plymouth's Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research. He is the author or editor of over 70 research publications.