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Pragmatic Solutions to Make E-Mail Security Work

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Securing Electronic Business Processes

Abstract

The concepts for secure e-mail are available for quite some time. Nevertheless only few users have adopted them.

The classical concept of end-to-end e-mail security provides maximum theoretical security. But the effort to implement and enforce it at every client has limited the spreading of security and therefore the overall benefit.

Centralized e-mail security overcomes this problem. A gateway between internal and public network provides security where it is needed — in the internet.

This presentation reflects aspects like standards, integration, security policy, central virus detection, implementation efforts, and key-recovery as well as business requirements like reduced administration costs and optimized workflow.

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© 2004 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft/GWV Fachverlage GmbH,Wiesbaden

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Seemann, H. (2004). Pragmatic Solutions to Make E-Mail Security Work. In: Securing Electronic Business Processes. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-84982-3_19

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-84982-3_19

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