Also, creators of viruses can receive up to three years in prison. Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea have passed similar acts. Because virus, worm and trojan attacks seemingly get the most coverage by mainstream media, these are the first threats that typically pop into professionals' minds when they begin pondering IT security. And, indeed, protecting email content and the gateway for it should be one of a corporation's top priorities. There are some industry analysts, after all, who have stated that use of email by employees and home users will rise to 200 million worldwide this year.
Email is the main form of communication to countless people all over the world.
Often, corporate information is shared via email with investors, partners, customers, mobile users and others. Despite prevalent use of email, it is common that messages are not even guarded with the most basic of protections. Email is a record. It is an important document. That lesson was learned the hard way, recall, by Microsoft when the U.S. Department of Justice recovered incriminating email messages pointing to Bill Gates' antitrust behavior.