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ronjor
March 29th, 2008, 01:02 PM
-{ Quote: "E-mail as we know it is under duress. Ever-increasing loads of spam--estimated at up to 98% of all e-mail--is drowning out the messages business users need to see. Highly targeted phishing attacks are making news and leaving customers and employees jumpy. And for IT, concerns about sensitive data traveling the Internet unencrypted mean valuable e-mail business uses aren't even being considered.

We spoke with a variety of security vendors to see if there's any hope. Big trends include e-mail security in the cloud, led by Google's Postini; use of cryptographic signatures to thwart phishing; advances in encryption and key management; and merging of data leak prevention with mail systems." }-Article (http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206906013)