Re: Outsourcing spam filtering and secuirty

Craig_Brauckmiller/LEK_at_lek.com
Date: 09/19/03

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    To: Tony Brisco <tony_brisco@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:00:14 -0400

    It really depends on how paranoid your company is.

    We are looking at filtering solutions and have talked to a couple outside
    services, i.e. MessageLabs and Black Spider.

    Both claim that they do not read any emails of their clients and both are
    willing to sign NDAs, but strictly from a security stand point, no, letting
    a 3rd party route/filter your email is not a secure thing. The more
    fingers in the pie, the more of a risk you run for trouble. Who is to say
    that a disgruntled employee at that company wouldn't start snooping on
    you...especially if you are a fortune 500 company like Bank of America or
    some other big financial company.
    "So, BofA is helping company X buy company Y. Hmmmmm."

    I suppose you could make the same arguement about Blackberrys. For some
    reason, people don't have a problem with them relaying email. I guess the
    process of "filtering" is where people run into problems.

    Just my $0.0000000002 worth.

    Craig Brauckmiller

    Tony Brisco <tony_brisco@yahoo.com> on 09/18/2003 11:22:24 PM

    To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    cc:

    Subject: Outsourcing spam filtering and secuirty

    Hi,

    Is trusting third party with the corporation's MX
    records for spam filtering purposes is widely used ?
    Accepted ? And how secure ?

    I appreciate in advance your comments and suggestions.

    Tony Brisco

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