Spam at the Speed of Sound

by Bruce LaFlam on July 30, 2009

At Mailprotector, we have seen the technically savvy spammer community become more sophisticated and operate in ways that require swift response. With the ability to respond quickly to threats, it makes sense that cloud based or hosted spam filtering companies are growing at at rate faster than the other potential email security solutions: software and appliance.

At the Black Hat Vegas security conference this week, Cisco chief security officer, Patrick Peterson, confirms what we see on a daily basis – spammers are fast.

“Cybercriminals hunt prey with a velocity that’s impossible for legitimate businesses to match”

With hosted email security, businesses can be sure that there is a team of security professionals monitoring and adjusting to threats 24/7.

Byron Acohido in a USA Today story shares more from the Black Hat Security Conference. You can read his story here.

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