In terms of both volume and costs to enterprises, 2006 has been a record year for e-mail spam. Exponential growth in the amount of unwanted e-mail messages has validated CipherTrust?s prediction of the worst spam year on record, and 2007 will undoubtedly build upon the massive volume seen in 2006. Additionally, the costs of spam reaching organizations have risen considerably, to an estimated $170 per enterprise inbox. As long as sending spam presents a viable income opportunity, the practice will continue to flourish. Stopping spammers from sending their junk mail is not the ultimate goal, as it is unlikely that the spammers will simply give up their craft; the true goal is to stop their unwanted messages from ever reaching your mail servers. Download this white paper to gain a better understanding of the spam epidemic, learn specific actions you can take to manage spam and its related threats, and understand the technologies CipherTrust employs to accurately detect and combat spam. The paper also explains the importance of an anti-spam solution as part of a comprehensive e-mail security plan implemented at the network boundary, as opposed to a piecemeal solution installed on the desktop or network. (PDF, 6 pages)