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06.07.05
Spam's Effect On Developing Nations
 By SecurityProNews
Outblaze, a global provider of hosted email services, announced that Suresh Ramasubramanian, the company's Postmaster and Manager of Anti-Spam Operations...
...has authored a groundbreaking report on the effects of spam in developing nations for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Mr. Ramasubramanian's paper, entitled "Spam Issues in Developing Countries," found that junk email poses a much more serious problem for underdeveloped countries than for industrialized nations. Diminished bandwidth, compounded security threats and an undermining of the online experience are only some of the challenges spam poses to emerging market users.
"A more mature infrastructure and advanced filtering has reduced spam to the nuisance level for most of the developed world," said Mr. Ramasubramanian. "But spam hits harder and hurts more in underdeveloped regions which are overwhelmed by the egregious levels of unsolicited email."
Mr. Ramasubramanian argues that inadequate funding, outdated technologies and a lack of knowledge and awareness about the dangers of spam are magnifying the effects of unsolicited email in developing countries. The OECD report offers a number of legislative, educational and technical measures that, if implemented in concert, could help countries stem the tide of spam. The recommended measures include:
-- Filtering spam at the ISP level in addition to any desktop-based measures
-- Creation of emergency response teams to combat surges in spam and to address security issues that contribute to the unimpeded spread of spam
-- Formation of regulatory frameworks to deal with spam and associated computer security issues
-- User education initiatives to create awareness of the security hazards unsolicited email can pose
"Expertise is the most powerful weapon the world has in the fight against spam," said Yat Siu, Founder and CEO of Outblaze. "All of us are proud that the OECD has turned to Suresh for his insight and recommendations on these important issues, and we applaud his leadership both within our company and on the global stage."
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