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Effectively Securing Small Businesses from Online Threats: Minimizing the Risks Associated with Email, Web, and Instant Message Communications

MessageLabs

The Internet has proven to be a vital communications medium for worldwide commerce, but as an
open and unprotected global network it can also present a wide range of threats that can cripple
any business organization.

Several years ago, most Internet threats were relatively benign examples of a young adolescent’s
technical expertise but over time they have evolved into increasingly sophisticated domestic and
foreign attacks that are designed to capture financial, personal, or strategic business information.
Threats now come in the form of deliberately malicious acts, and exploitive opportunities for hackers
and/or organized crime. The impact is serious, and the landscape of victims is getting broader every
day. In response, no organization can afford to have its networks remain unprotected.

This white paper will examine the many threats, challenges, and risks that SMBs experience as part of
today’s dangerous online environment. It will also present the advantages of MessageLabs Complete
Security and Control suite of services, and how it compares with existing security solutions. Using
MessageLabs, SMBs can be fully protected without expending an amount of time and resources that
could negatively impact both business productivity and profitability.

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