This document discusses the threats posed by email security breaches such as spam, phishing, and spoofing. It notes that in Q3 of 2013, 3.9% of all email contained malicious attachments, 68.3% was spam, and since 2005 there have been over 3,763 data breaches exposing over 608 million records in the US. The document recommends ways for companies to protect their networks from such threats, including using anti-virus software, anti-spoofing technology, email communities, and IP address reputation monitoring. It also stresses the importance of notifying affected parties if a breach occurs.

1. At best SPAM is a productivity
killer. At worst, it can be the
conduit to a virus that will
plant spyware or take down
your network.
BREACH OF
PRIVACY ACT
RUINED
REPUTATION
STOLEN
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
SYSTEM
DOWNTIME
Spoofing emails impersonate
someone else in order to trick the
target into doing something they
might not ordinarily do. (Could be
as simple as clicking a link.)
How can you tell if you’ve been Phished or Spoofed?
Look for mispelled words, bad grammar, threats, and unexpected emails from a popular company.
WHAT DO THEY DELIVER?
HOW SHOULD YOUR COMPANY RESPOND?
PROTECT YOUR NETWORK BY USING...
Contact the IT department immediately upon
receiving a suspicious email.
If any of your machines were breached,
disconnect them from your network.
Determine the extent of data that was
compromised.
Notify the affected parties inside and outside
your business.
Better yet...stop email security breaches
BEFORE THEY HAPPEN!
Sources:
Kaspersky Lab. “Spam in Q3 2013.”
Gartner Top Predictions for 2012: Control Slips Away, Gartner, December 2011
A Chronology of Data Breaches, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, June 2013
Symantec. “2013 Norton Report.”
smallbusiness.chron.com. “How a Company Should Respond to a Security Breach.”
to make email security
EVERYONE’S BUSINESS
WHY &
HOW
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT
EMAIL SECURITY?
ADWARE TROJANS ROOTKITS SPYWARE WORMS KEYLOGGERS VIRUSES
SPOOFING
3,763
38 billion
3.9%
68.3%
378 million
According to Kaspersky Lab, in
Q3, 2013 3.9% of all email sent
contains malicious attachments
and 68.3% of all email traffic can
be considered SPAM.
Since January 2005,
608,087,870 records have
been exposed in 3,763 data
breaches in the U.S.2
There are 378 million victims of
cybercrime each year; 1 million victims
each day—12 victims per second.3
Cybercrime cost US
companies $38 billion
in 2013.3
10%
!
WHAT COULD AN INFORMATION SECURITY
BREACH MEAN FOR YOUR COMPANY?
WHERE DO ATTACKS COME FROM?
Phishing emails appear to come
from a trusted source like your
email provider, phone company,
etc. and are designed to steal
personal information. (Usually
asks for personal data, login
information, etc)
PHISHING
?
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Employ an effective SMTP defense
technique that defeats common
spammer automation behaviors.
Protect your organization
from identity theft and other
phishing schemes that attempt
to steal personal or corporate
information such as on-line
banking logins.
Using techniques similar to modern
social networks, self-manage a
community of permitted email
senders for each user in your
organization.
Constantly update virus signatures for both
email body and attachments.
SILVERLISTING
ANTI-SPOOFING
TECHNOLOGY
EMAIL COMMUNITIES
ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Identify malicious senders with
pattern matching that can source
senders’ IP addresses.
IP ADDRESS REPUTATION
$
Through 2016, the financial impact of
cybercrime will grow 10% per year.1