President's Message For organizations, email is the most critical tool for B2B communication. And while the move to web email reduces IT costs and affords employees better mobility, it also strips away productivity features available in thick-email-client applications. Recently, a Fortune 500 company approached us to help them bridge the thin-client (Microsoft Outlook on the Web) functionality gap for their [...]
We're living in a world of anywhere access where distinction between work and home life has blurred. Employees are requesting, no, demanding access corporate applications, data and resources from virtually anywhere and on almost any device. And your IT team is under immense pressure to provide end users with remote secure access to corporate resources–but at [...]
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new law in the European Union (EU), set to come into force in May 2018. It will protect the rights of EU citizens in respect of their personal data. Any organization operating in the EU is required to comply with the new legislation. Talk to a Messageware [...]
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks topped this year's list of security incidents in Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), with 11,246 reported incidents and five confirmed data breaches. Large organizations (98%) bore the brunt of 11,246 DoS attacks last year, and financial organizations ranked as top targets for cyber attacks accounting for 24% of the [...]
You know what's going to happen. The unsuspecting user receives a phishing email. Some big brand company that should already have their data wants them to verify their details. The victim visits the verification link contained in the email. He/she is prompted to enter his/her login information into a fake verification form. After obtaining the [...]
Making Outlook Web (OWA) available reduces IT costs and encourages user productivity, but it also creates additional security risks. Exposing not only your Exchange Server but also your corporate IT infrastructure to hackers attempting to access your systems via the OWA interface. To put the danger into perspective, experts estimate that by using the top [...]
During the first few months of 2017, the health care sector was plagued by a variety of security incidents (see 10 of the biggest here). The theft of laptops and mobile devices are the gateway for several of these incidents. In most cases, the user had not password protected these devices even though they contained [...]
Recently, The New York Times ran an article warning travelers to exercise the same degree of security over data on mobile devices as they would in protecting themselves from muggers. The warning comes in the wake of increased pressure by foreign and domestic governments for travelers to hand over devices and passwords because border agents [...]
Seventy million cellphones are lost or stolen each year, and with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) the new norm, it's no wonder mobile device security is top of the list for IT Security Professionals. Unlocked mobile devices present a serious data exposure. Whether lost, stolen or accessed under duress, an unlocked phone is a vulnerability. [...]
Most IT organizations have to deal with remote workers, employees who travel or telecommute, temporary contractors and agents or staff who are simply being productive at home. For all these people, email remains the bedrock of corporate communication. Without it they simply wouldn’t get their jobs done. So for organizations that use Microsoft Exchange Server, [...]
Most organizations that deploy web-based versions of Outlook (Outlook Web, Office 365, Outlook Web App or OWA) as their default email client are coming from environments where users are accustomed to the functionality of desktop Outlook. These users have learned to rely on Outlook to alert them to upcoming meetings and notify them when new [...]
With the trend toward cloud computing accelerating, companies are taking the opportunity to review their desktop application strategies and many are opting to migrate onto web-based email and scheduling applications. As such, Microsoft's Outlook Web (OWA) and Office 365 are rapidly gaining acceptance with organizations wanting to provide users with anywhere access, improve ease of [...]
Users often need to add national and religious holiday calendars to their Outlook calendar. For employees collaborating with co-workers or customers spread across geographic locations, it helps to know when they will be out of the office. There may also be employees who observe certain religious holidays and wish to add these holidays to their [...]
Outlook Web offers companies ease of use, reduced support costs, and anywhere access, but is it frustrating users and making them less productive? In fast paced offices and time constrained environments such as call centers, managers are constantly looking for new ways to motivate their employees and boost their productivity levels. And while there may [...]
There are any number of reasons a user may need to export their contacts from Outlook; to use those contacts in a mail merge; to create an invite list for a specific event; or to import them for use in another application (such as personal email or CRM). Regardless of the reason, there are different [...]
Last week we demonstrated a variety of ways in which an OWA session can be compromised and how to mitigate against it, even though the user may have been doing their best to follow company security policies. This week's series of tests will highlight the exposures that exist, and how to provide OWA attachment security. Simply [...]
This article covers how to secure Outlook Web Access (OWA). It discusses the risks of leaving OWA sessions open and how to test for vulnerabilities. We’ll cover risks users should be aware of and steps to mitigate them. Nowadays employees are mobile and constantly connected; the traditional work environment has expanded beyond the physical office walls to include coffee shops, airports, and [...]
Congratulations to the Microsoft Exchange team on the release of Exchange 2016! We know you've spent nearly three years iterating, polishing and refining Exchange 2016 since the prior Exchange release, and that on-premises customers have been eagerly awaiting today's release. For those of you wanting to get hands on with Exchange 2016, the Exchange Team has provided a link from the [...]
The Exchange team announced the availability of the most recent quarterly servicing update to Exchange Server 2013. Cumulative Update 10 includes fixes for customer reported issues, minor product enhancements and previously released security bulletins. A complete list of issues resolved in Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 10 can be found in Knowledge Base Article KB3078678. [...]
These days, it’s challenging to read anything about the Internet without stumbling across an article about security concerns. Recent events have brought online security and Internet confidence to the forefront once again. We, at Messageware, think this is a good thing - a very good thing. We want you to be thinking about it, to [...]
