The real vulnerability surrounding e-mail
In response to the Nov. 5 column by Jeff Papows, "Time to switch permanently to e-mail:"
You state that the biggest misconception is that e-mail cannot be made secure. While I think it is true that the contents of e-mail can be made secure through encryption, e-mail readers and their associated infrastructure cannot.
What has been the biggest source of security violations? Worms and viruses transported via e-mail. This has cost corporations billions of
dollars over the past several years. Due to many factors, not the least of which is the monopolistic marketing practices of Microsoft, most corporations? e-mail infrastructure is horribly insecure. By relying solely on this infrastructure for all document transactions, the enterprise and its data are put at tremendous risk.
Bob Ess |
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