Webcast Roundup: Stopping directory harvest attacks, preventing spam scams and more

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November 05, 2004 Published by  SearchExchange.com Webcast Alert NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     WEBCAST ROUNDUP  Dear SearchExchange.com member, View these webcasts recently held on SearchExchange.com: > The Silent Killer: Directory Harvest Attacks and How to Stop Them from Stealing Your Email Directory > The Spam Scammer: How to Recognize the Latest Spam Scams -- and How to Prevent Them > Email Intrusion Prevention for Financial Services Companies: What You Need to Know to Safeguard Your Organization VENDOR WEBCAST The Silent Killer: Directory Harvest Attacks and How to Stop Them from Stealing Your Email Directory  VIEW WEBCAST SPEAKERS: Chris Burroughs, Director of Desktop and Voice Services, Circuit City   Chris Smith, Worldwide Senior Director Product Marketing, Postini, Inc. SPONSOR:   Postini, Inc. SUMMARY: ~ Fugitive Profile ~ Directory harvest attacks, aka The Silent Killer, can strike swiftly and silently at your email servers at any time without you knowing until it's too late. Their goal is to probe your system looking to steal legitimate email addresses by bombarding your email system with thousands or even hundreds of thousands of messages. The fallout from these attacks can be devastating for Exchange Servers, producing thousands of "Non-Delivery Reports," overflowing deferral queues, and server performance slowing to a crawl. ~ What You'll Learn ~ At this webcast, learn how you can prevent this new "silent killer." Email expert Andrew Lochart will cover the following topics: Growth and current trends in directory harvest attacks How to identify the common characteristics of directory harvest attacks How to prevent these attacks from reaching your email gateway The advantages of a preemptive email security approach compared with conventional in-house content filtering Why Circuit City chose Postini's patented email protection service to eliminate spam and stop directory harvest attacks And more VENDOR WEBCAST The Spam Scammer: How to Recognize the Latest Spam Scams -- and How to Prevent Them  VIEW WEBCAST SPEAKER: Andrew Lochart, Worldwide Director Products, Postini SPONSOR:   Postini, Inc. SUMMARY: ~ Fugitive Profile ~ Spam scammers are quickly developing new techniques designed to dupe conventional anti-spam content filtering technologies. By eliminating or minimizing content in the message, or using a graphic image to deliver text, spammers are circumventing conventional anti-spam software and appliance content filters, effectively "hoodwinking" them into passing along junk email. Recent attempts to institute a Sender ID system have reached an impasse and cannot effectively thwart these spammers. ~ What You'll Learn ~ Email expert Andrew Lochart will cover the following topics: What to watch out for such as users getting messages of printed text contained in an image file Latest spam techniques including minimal and no content spam Latest phishing techniques designed to perpetrate fraud How to prevent new spam and phishing techniques from impacting your network And more VENDOR WEBCAST Email Intrusion Prevention for Financial Services Companies: What You Need to Know to Safeguard Your Organization  VIEW WEBCAST SPEAKER: Andrew Lochart, Worldwide Director Products, Postini SPONSOR:   Postini, Inc. SUMMARY: See how Postini's patented managed service for email security and management can ensure email intrusion prevention, security policy enforcement for both in- and out-bound messages and attachments, and improve email performance. Email expert Andrew Lochart will describe the merits of the "preemptive" email security approach compared with more traditional approaches, as well as the latest trends in spam and virus attacks. Learn how Postini's exclusive Financial Service Industry Heuristics will help to eliminate spam without blocking legitimate messages, which will improve the quality of service, accuracy and timeliness required for Financial Services companies. Finally, learn why hundreds of financial service firms rely on Postini to prevent spam, viruses and SMTP attacks from ever reaching their email gateway. VIEW WEBCASTS  Get informed. 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