Securing Outlook Web Access

OWA provides the interface for users to access their mail through Internet Explorer (IE). When compared to previous versions, OWA is far superior, not just in functionality but also in terms of security. At a quick glance, OWA provides the following security features and enhancements:

  • Built-in S/MIME support

  • Stripping of Web beacons, referrals, and other potentially harmful content from messages

  • Attachment blocking

  • OWA form-based (cookie) authentication

  • Session inactivity timeout

  • OWA infrastructure using IPSec and Kerberos

  • Safe and block lists

Protecting Against Potentially Harmful Message Content

Outlook 2003 gives the option to read messages in HTML (default), rich text, and plain text formats. If these users are employing ...

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