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ITL Bulletin

Improving The Security of Electronic Mail: Updated Guidelines Issued by NIST

Date Published: March 2007

Author(s)

Shirley Radack (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

cyptography; electronic mail systems; email security; information security; information system standards; mail clients; mail servers; network security; operating system
Control Families

Access Control; Audit and Accountability; Configuration Management; Contingency Planning; Identification and Authentication; Planning; Risk Assessment; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
Download (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
03/28/07: ITL Bulletin (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

cryptography

Technologies

email

Applications

communications & wireless