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The Problem: Bogus Email

• Email is implicitly believed by computer users
  (This is unlikely to change anytime soon)
• The entire email distribution system is based on trust
• Anti-Virus and anti-SPAM products will NOT protect users from bogus emails
• An estimated 100 million email users and systems are vulnerable to bogus email attacks (yours is probably one of them)
• Reports of attacks and actual losses are constantly reported in the media. This is a very real, very current threat that is not going to go away

The Problem: SPAM

• SPAM is defined as:
  an email of little or no current interest
• Interests are dependant on specific users at specific times
• Implementing SPAM detection for users of different interests (ie: Enterprise wide) will result in incorrect detections and lost emails
• SPAM detection is ONLY accurate for focused groups of like interest
• Anti Virus and Anti SPAM products will not protect users from bogus emails since these emails are crafted to appear genuine

The Scammers:

• Are increasingly organized.
  It’s not just kids “having fun”
• Are accumulating information from an
  ever increasing number of sources

What can they do?

• Steal information by assuming client,
  customer (etc) identites
• Distribute misinformation to customers,
  clients, staff (etc)
• Instigate situations that will directly cause
  financial loss