CipherTrust Research provides data and generates information on email security threats affecting enterprises worldwide. Our team of researchers leverage the network of IronMail servers deployed in the field and our intelligence and analysis technology in order to provide the most comprehensive and timely email security analysis. This site is designed to share our findings with security and mail administrators.
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ENTERPRISE EMAIL SNAPSHOT
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79.2% - Spam
19.2% - Legitimate Emails
1.1% - Policy Violations
0.5% - Viruses
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Email and Security News
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Computerworld - Email / Groupware News
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InfoWorld - Security News
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Computerworld - Security Holes
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Industry Metrics
at a Glance
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Cost
Estimated loss of productivity: $10 billion in the US during 2003. (Ferris Research)
$8 Billion in bandwidth costs world wide in 2003 (European Union)
Growth
A 1000-person organization will receive 2.1 Million spam messages in 2003. (IDC)
600-700 percent increase in spam growth year to year. (MAPS)
Threat
90 percent of all US and European spam comes from about 200 large-scale spammers. (spamhaus.org)
70 percent of spam is illegal based on some current law. (FTC)
Liability
10 percent of companies have been ordered by courts to turn over employee email related to workplace lawsuits. (ePolicy Institute)
8.3 percent of organiztions have battle sexual harassment and/or section discrimination claims stemming from employee email and/or Internet use. (ePolicy Institute)
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