I first started hearing about reputation-based technologies used in conjunction with filtering messages a couple of years ago. What a great idea! It does make sense to analyze the characteristics of a message to help determine whether or not it is legitimate, spam, contains malware, or is likely to be some other type of message you do not want getting onto your corporate network, doesn’t it? Trying to determine the “reputation” of the message seems to be a good additional check. Banks and credit card companies have been doing similar types of activities for decades, looking at the reputation of their loan and card applicants, when generating credit scores. It seems as though this type of analysis, while not fool-proof, could also have the potential to greatly assist with keeping unwanted messages from clogging the enterprise networks and mailservers.
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What Businesses Need to Know About Reputation-Based Messaging Technology
Sunday, April 1st, 2007What Were They Thinking!? U.S. Marshals Put The PII of Thousands of People on a D.C. Street For Anyone To Take
Saturday, March 31st, 2007I read a lot of articles about incidents; it is hard to keep up with them all! However, one I ran across on the WUSA 9News Now site in Washington D.C. grabbed my attention.
Royal Academy of Engineering Releases Privacy Study Report: Emphasizes Importance of Engineering Security and Privacy Into Technology
Friday, March 30th, 2007The Royal Academy of Engineering, located in London, recently released a report, “Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance: Challenges of Technological Change.”
I just ran across it and haven’t had a chance to review it in depth yet, but a quick scan and reading the executive summary shows some interesting thoughts.
Study Reports The Companies Trusted Most For Privacy
Thursday, March 29th, 2007The Ponemon Institute puts out an annual survey asking anyone who wants to participate in their online survey who the companies are that they believe respect their customers most and do the best job of protecting their privacy.
U.S. ONDI and DOD Standardizing Security Policies
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007The Office of the National Director of National Intelligence (ONDI) and the Department of Defense (DoD) announced they are going to standardize their information security policies.
The work on the standardization started 8 months ago.
Government Compliance: FBI Director Says USA PATRIOT Act Doesn’t Need Changes; That FBI Is To Blame for Associated Problems
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Today U.S. FBI Director Robert Mueller appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and testified that there are no problems with the USA PATRIOT Act, but that the FBI did not implement the Act appropriately.
U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Creates National Computer Forensic Institute
Monday, March 26th, 2007On March 9 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a National Computer Forensic Institute.
U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Creates National Computer Forensic Institute
Monday, March 26th, 2007On March 9 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the creation of a National Computer Forensic Institute.
Don’t Be A Security Slacker
Sunday, March 25th, 2007Today I woke up to a beautiful, gorgeous spring morning…sunny, low 60’s (abnormally high for March), gentle breeze, the grass seemed to have gotten green over night, the birds are singing, the geese and ducks have come back after being gone for the winter and are swimming on our pond, a cute little chipmunk is eating from the birdseed and nuts I scattered on the patio outside my office door, what a great day! And then, after a nice walk outside, I come back inside, first to do some chores along with my family; my sons doing their assigned cleaning.
