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'''MAAWG''' is the acronym for '''Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group''', which is a non-profit international organization primarily engaged in preventing online abuses such [[DDoS|denial of service attacks]], phishing, spam, viruses and many other cyber crimes. The organization uses industry collaboration, technology, and public policy to provide solutions related to online messaging abuses. MAAWG was founded in 2004 and its headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.<ref>[http://www.maawg.org/about_maawg About MAAWG]</ref>

'''MAAWG''' is the acronym for '''Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group''', which is a non-profit international organization primarily engaged in preventing online abuses such [[DDoS|denial of service attacks]], phishing, spam, viruses and many other cyber crimes. The organization uses industry collaboration, technology, and public policy to provide solutions related to online messaging abuses. MAAWG was founded in 2004 and its headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.<ref>[http://www.maawg.org/about_maawg About MAAWG]</ref>

Since its establishment, MAAWG has been active in helping protect internet users and promote online security by publishing documents regarding the improvement of online security. It also publishes a quarterly e-mail metrics report which covers around 500 million mailboxes. It is used to analyze the trend and to track dangerous e-mail abuses. MAAWG also provides comments on public policies and provides training courses related to cyber security. Its' documents are published in different languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German,Portuguese, Russian, ans Spanish.

Since its establishment, MAAWG has been active in helping protect internet users and promote online security by publishing documents regarding the improvement of online security. It also publishes a quarterly e-mail metrics report that covers around 500 million mailboxes. It is used to analyze the trend and to track dangerous e-mail abuses. MAAWG also provides comments on public policies and provides training courses related to cyber security. Its documents are published in different languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German,Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

The members of MAAWG are categorized as '''Sponsor''', '''Full Member''' and '''Supporter'''. Some of the organizations sponsor members are [[AOL]], [[AT&T]], [[France Telecom]], [[Cloudmark]] Inc., [[Facebook]], [[Yahoo]]!.<ref>[http://www.maawg.org/about/roster Member Roster]</ref> The members of the organization meets three times a year to discuss the latest issues on messaging security, bot mitigation practices, social networking abuse as well as on-going policies and legislation conducted by different governments and other organizations involved in cyber security.<ref>[http://www.maawg.org/events/upcoming_meetings Meetings]</ref>

The members of MAAWG are categorized as '''Sponsor''', '''Full Member''' and '''Supporter'''. Some of the organizations sponsor members are [[AOL]], [[AT&T]], [[France Telecom]], [[Cloudmark]] Inc., [[Facebook]], [[Yahoo]]!.<ref>[http://www.maawg.org/about/roster Member Roster]</ref> The members of the organization meets three times a year to discuss the latest issues on messaging security, bot mitigation practices, social networking abuse as well as on-going policies and legislation conducted by different governments and other organizations involved in cyber security.<ref>[http://www.maawg.org/events/upcoming_meetings Meetings]</ref>