Yesterday, Microsoft announced a serious security flaw with PCs using Windows XP or Windows 2003 related to its internet explorer browser. The most likely initial attack will come in the form of email spam that will try to trick users into clicking a link which will then send them to corrupted web pages.
Our Mailprotector Security Center reports that spam levels for the month of June reached 92% for all email traffic. The Microsoft security announcement confirms what we have seen on a daily basis – users need to be protected by a robust spam filter that can adjust to the changing threat environment. The best place for this level of robustness is the SaaS email security model. In discussing SaaS spam filters with Searchmidmarketsecurity.com, Forrester Analyst Jonathan Penn states:
“Really a no-brainer to go into direction of service providers,” said Forrester’s Penn. “There’s really no good reason these days for a smaller organization that doesn’t have that kind of expertise in-house already, that kind of staffing, that kind of competency dedicated to email management to go with a product.”
Given the fact that Mailprotector is a SaaS email security company, we agree with the notion that SMBs should take advantage of the expertise associated with a hosted security provider. We also suggest that everyone use good old common sense judgment when clicking any link in an email, and make sure your web browser is up to date. If history is any indicator this won’t be the last security flaw found in a Microsoft product, but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so be sure you’re protected beforehand.
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