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Spam as a Security Issue

Overview Spam is widely recognized as a nuisance and drain on employee productivity. However, only recently has it become recognized as a threat to email security. While many companies have bolstered their efforts to thwart the actions of attackers, corporate IT managers and email administrators need to know what tools are available to secure their email systems against spam. This webcast talks about, spam: overview and trends, spam as an email security problem, anti-spam and email security solution.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Secure Computing
Live Date	14th March 2007 06:05 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	Email, Spam and E-mail Marketing

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