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Email Security

Email security is important to protect against unauthorized access, malware, spam, and phishing attacks. Attackers use deceptive messages to install malware or steal sensitive information. Email is a common entry point for attackers to gain access to enterprise networks. Spam emails flood inboxes and waste time/bandwidth, while some contain viruses. Users should avoid replying to unknown senders, clicking links in unsolicited emails, or buying products advertised in spam. Archiving old emails helps reduce inbox size over time.

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Email Security

Email security is important to protect against unauthorized access, malware, spam, and phishing attacks. Attackers use deceptive messages to install malware or steal sensitive information. Email is a common entry point for attackers to gain access to enterprise networks. Spam emails flood inboxes and waste time/bandwidth, while some contain viruses. Users should avoid replying to unknown senders, clicking links in unsolicited emails, or buying products advertised in spam. Archiving old emails helps reduce inbox size over time.

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Email Security

Lesson 3
• Email security is a term for describing different

procedures and techniques for protecting email

accounts, content, and communication against

unauthorized access, loss or compromise. Email is

often used to spread malware, spam and phishing

attacks. Attackers use deceptive messages to entice

recipients to part with sensitive information, open

attachments or click on hyperlinks that install

malware on the victim’s device. Email is also a

common entry point for attackers looking to gain a

foothold in an enterprise network and obtain

valuable company data.


Email hacking can be done in any of the following ways:

VIRUS PHISHING
E-mail spamming is an act of sending

Unsolicited Bulk E-mails (UBI) which

one has not asked for. Email spams

are the junk mails sent bycommercial


S P A M companies as an advertisement of

their products and services.


Some emails may incorporate with files

containing malicious script which

when run on your computer may lead to

destroy your important data.


V I R U S
Email phishing is an activity of sending emails to a

user claiming to be a

legitimate enterprise. Its main purpose is to steal

sensitive information such as

usernames, passwords, and credit card details.

Such emails contains link to websites that are


P H I infected with malware and
S H I N
G
direct the user to enter details at a fake website

whose look and feels are same to legitimate one.


Spams may cause the following problems:

• It floods your e-mail account with unwanted e-mails, which may result in loss of important
emails if inbox is full.

• Time and energy is wasted in reviewing and deleting junk emails or spams.

• It consumes the bandwidth that slows the speed with which mails are delivered.

• Some unsolicited email may contain virus that can cause harm to your computer.
Following ways will help you to reduce spams:

• While posting letters to newsgroups or mailing list, use a


separate e-mail address than the one you used for your
personal e-mails.

• Don’t give your email address on the websites as it can


easily be spammed.

• Avoid replying to emails which you have received from


unknown persons.

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Bl o c • Never buy anything in response to a spam that advertises
a product.
In order to have light weighted Inbox, it’s good to archive your
inbox from time to time. Here I will discuss the steps to clean up
and archive your Outlook inbox

• Select File tab on the mail pane.


•Select Cleanup Tools button on account
information screen.

• Select Archive from cleanup tools drop down


menu.

•Select Archive this folder and all subfolders


option and then click on the folder that you want to
archive. Select the date from the Archive items
older than: list. Click Browse to create new .pst file
name and location. Click OK.

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