This tip originally appeared on SearchExchange.com.
The SANS Institute publishes a Top 20 list of security vulnerabilities. Ranking as the ninth largest vulnerability for Microsoft is its mail client.
To protect Microsoft Outlook, SearchExchange.com resident spam and security expert, Richard Luckett, offers this Top 10 list of things you should do to make your e-mail clients more secure.
This advice is not only for Exchange administrators, but for end users as well. Pass this checklist along to them so they know how to protect themselves.
Top 10 best practices for securing e-mail clients
Home: Introduction
#1: Patch your clients
#2: Configure antivirus software to scan your e-mail clients
#3: Use anti-malware software
#4: Quarantine attachments
#5: Don't be a sucker
#6: Disable unsigned macros
#7: Use Outlook's Junk E-mail filter or install spam-filtering software
#8: Just be plain
#9: Learn to read (e-mail headers, that is)
#10: Digitally sign and encrypt e-mails
