March 21, 2005

Take An Email Security Quiz

No doubt about it, e-mail is the most widely used computer application. Unfortunately, security isn't a byproduct of popularity.

Take a quiz from SearchSecurity.com to find out where you stand when it comes to securing your organization's e-mail application. Click on the link to find the answer within the term's definition.
Some of the questions are:

1. What is a secure method of sending e-mail that uses the RSA encryption system?

2. What is e-mail that has been directed to a recipient through a third-party server that does not identify the originator of the message?

3. What do you call a program used to detect unsolicited and unwanted e-mail and prevents those messages from getting to a user's inbox?

4. What is the name for Microsoft's proposed e-mail sender authentication protocol designed to protect against domain spoofing and phishing exploits?

5. What document must end-users agree to follow in order to be provided with access to a network and its applications, including e-mail?

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