14 DAY TRIAL // The Scots are getting new spam filtering technology. These guys are an example, if you ask me. Earlier this month, Glasgow only ranked 9th in a chart of UK online-crime, so I can clearly say that Scotland is pretty tough when it comes to cyber-security.
As ITPro informs, the governing body for Scottish solicitors is reducing its risk of exposure to security threats through e-mail with new spam filter technology. The Law Society of Scotland has adopted this new measure in order to keep its members well defended against anything bad that might pop up from the Web's darkest corners.
Thing is this spam filter is new as a technology, but not so new as a security measure for them, as they have been processing e-mail before. The old system was not bad, but they installed this one for extra protection, as the same site informs. So, in case you were wondering how come they got such low cyber-crime ratings - this is why - they're always well protected! And if you're going to say that hackers can bypass anything, well, you're half right. SOME hackers can bypass anything, not all of them. Not every black-hat out there is Solo (by the real name Gary McKinnon, who is said to be the world's greatest hacker). That's why security is necessary, so that no lowbie hacker can crack into your system, and to make it very hard even for the ones that are really good at it.
As for the Scots, well, this is just another layer in their approach to security. The spam filter works in tandem with the rest of the security software, in order to create a secure environment. In any case, this filter may not seem important to some, but trust me, it is. Spam is not something that bad if ignored. All it can do by itself is annoy you. The thing is that spam may lead to severe consequences such as virus infections, data phishing and others, so that's why it's important not to get it in the first place. Some spam messages are really persuasive and can really make one person click on a certain link and suppose he gets infected with a new type of worm, the whole network could get the virus. So, anti-spam for the win!