Email Security
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Holiday Time is Detox Time
Continua a leggereFor many of us, a summer vacation is fast approaching – quite possibly accompanied by the desire to finally switch off from being constantly bombarded with work emails.
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Encrypting Sensitive Patient Data with Retarus E-Mail Encryption
Continua a leggereLong-term care planning, complaint management, or current information about the progression of a disease – for senior care facilities and nursing homes active in the healthcare industry, daily communication with family members is essential. The preferred channel of communication these days is email. But installing complex end-to-end encryption is often much too involved for private…
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Crypto trojans: waves of attack are on the increase
Continua a leggereAbout one third of all businesses has experienced ransomware attacks in the last six months. No virus protection software can offer 100% protection from such attacks. Nevertheless, security can be boosted substantially with the fourfold virus scan from Retarus E-Mail Security Services.
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Security Alert: One in six emails contains a virus
Continua a leggereAfter Locky, here comes KePanger, PowerWare and Petya: Retarus is currently observing a significantly higher incidence of the crypto trojan Locky, as well as new variations. Whilst in February only around 3% of all incoming emails were infected, the number of messages filtered in March due to viruses had already risen to 17%. This corresponds…
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How to archive encrypted emails in a legally compliant manner
Continua a leggereIf emails don’t only have to be transmitted in encrypted form but also have to be archived in compliance with legal requirements, IT decision-makers often find themselves faced with a new problem: How can it be guaranteed that despite end-to-end encryption the message will remain readable throughout the archiving period? Even if the recipient concerned…
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Future of work: Email must reinvent itself
Continua a leggereThe modern office is mobile and located in the cloud. To ensure that business partners will still be able to communicate with each other efficiently in the future, the electronic message needs to reinvent itself.
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How the @ got into the email address: Communications pioneer Ray Tomlinson dies at the age of 74
Continua a leggereHe is known as the inventor of the first modern email: In 1971 US informatics expert Ray Tomlinson succeeded in sending a message between two computers for the first time. Email, as we now know it, was born. But something else has also survived the years – the @ sign.
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In the Name of Her Majesty: British Phishing Emails Promise Tax Refunds
Continua a leggereIn recent days, many inboxes have been receiving emails that at first sight appear to carry joyous news. In the subject line they announce a tax refund, and the sender seems to be “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs” (HMRC) – the British tax authority. So every recipient with business ties to the United Kingdom is…
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What companies have to consider when migrating to Office 365
Continua a leggereAn increasing number of companies are currently migrating to cloud-based solutions such as Microsoft Office 365. We have compiled a list of 5 tips, which companies need to bear in mind when migrating to Office 365.