2008-03-01
Abstract
EU service providers show improvements in anti-spam measures.
Copyright © 2008 Virus Bulletin
A survey conducted by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has shown that Internet and email service providers in the EU upped their game last year in securing their services and protecting against spam.
The second annual ENISA survey of Internet and email service providers highlights the fact that, despite there being less spam reaching mailboxes in 2007 than in the previous year, the volume of spam the provider has to deal with is still increasing and becoming ever more costly.
The survey, which questioned 30 service providers (mainly from EU countries) found that, in 2007, every provider filtered incoming traffic, and more than 90% filtered outgoing traffic - representing increases of 15% and 46% over the previous year's figures respectively. And in 2007, nearly every provider offered a means by which its users could report violations, while only 60% of the surveyed providers had done so the previous year. Improvements were also reported in training provisions and efforts to raise awareness among users. The full survey results can be found here.
