Detecting and combating malicious email /

Because malicious email can vary so broadly in form and function, automated detection is only marginally helpful. The education of all users to detect potential malicious email is important to containing the threat and limiting the damage. It is increasingly necessary for all email users to understa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryan, Julie JCH (Author), Kamachi, Cade (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Syngress, [2015]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Because malicious email can vary so broadly in form and function, automated detection is only marginally helpful. The education of all users to detect potential malicious email is important to containing the threat and limiting the damage. It is increasingly necessary for all email users to understand how to recognize and combat malicious email. This book describes the different types of malicious email, shows how to differentiate malicious email from benign email, and suggests protective strategies for both personal and enterprise email environments. Topics include: how and why malicious e-mail is used; how to find hidden viruses in e-mails; hands-on concrete steps to detect and stop malicious e-mail before it is too late; what you need to do if a malicious e-mail slips through. --
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 80 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780128005460
0128005467
9781322184029
132218402X