Over the years, cyber attacks keep on happening in some of the most simple and basic ways, through communication and transaction lines. However, no matter what approach hackers use, an attack in your cyberspace will always be a critical incident.
In this article, we will be learning about cybersecurity’s role in how to secure your organization’s email.
Understanding the History
Before we can fully understand how we can resolve issues in emails and cyberattacks, it is best to know about how it started and became leverage for hackers.
Initially, the problems encountered with emails is the initial design of the security that was loosely installed one at a time, layered over the years. It was in the 70s and 80s that experts created the ‘UUCP’ or Unix-to-Unix Copy, an early encryption protocol.
At a time, it was only the educational universities and government sectors that had access to the UUCP email. It is a leverage protocol called ‘bang path’ that enables the user to communicate from one computer to another.
There is no centralized system and in order for you to accurately send the information, you have to know the complete address or path in between hops, doing so will save you up costs. Hackers can infiltrate this type of method by finding out the pathway or the communication route.
There were several of these methods that were created during the time, and many people operated as a common node for traversal points and would make a list in their own computer system.
This is how an early approach of securing email, by having the sender know the path to determine the series of computer systems to walk through and send the email.
It was then in 1988 that Morris Worm accidentally landscaped and discussed the creation of a security protocol.
Successor of UUCP
SMTP or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol was known to be the successor of UUCP for a secure transfer of email. This became the email format that all of us are now familiar with, ‘[email protected]’.
It replaced the bang paths and people will no longer need to look at a list or a notebook for the pathway and calculations.
The process follows by integrating the domain factor of the email to automatically look it up into a DNS search, then the MX record publishes a resolvable IP address where it can be delivered to a client recipient. Making it an end to endpoint encrypted communication.
Through the years, many experts and organizations developed several security tools for computers, networks, and email.
Securing Your Organization’s Email
Although, you can not control the exact flow of emails and information, as well as you can not dictate the partners that are willing to do the business. There are still things you can do to mitigate email risks.
You can lessen your email risks by implementing a secure network, computer or device, and authentications. This can be done by using strong email passwords and full awareness of your environment.
It can also be done by not using a public network or public computer, interconnecting or sharing accounts, and changing your password at least once a month.
Career Opportunity
Cybersecurity is now an essential security tool for every organization and enterprise, from health care to government services, and now when everything is driven by modern technology and the internet, you can be assured to have a good future in a career with this industry.
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