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'''M3AAWG''' is the acronym for '''Messaging Malware Mobile 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. M3AAWG was founded (as "MAAWG") in 2004 and its headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.<ref>[http://www.m3aawg.org/about_m3aawg About M3AAWG]</ref>
'''M3AAWG''', founded in 2004 as MAAWG, is the acronym for '''Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group'''. It is a technology-neutral global industry association. As a working group, they develop cooperative approaches for fighting online abuse. They have over 200 members worldwide, including Internet service providers (ISPs), communications service providers, social networking companies, hosting and cloud services providers, major antivirus vendors and security vendors, email service providers, leading hardware and software vendors and major brands, as well as invited experts, government agencies and related industry groups and industry partners.  M3AAWG intention is to brings industry together to help fight and prevent online abuse, focusing on protecting communications, data privacy and security, and the supply chain.<ref>[https://www.m3aawg.org/about-m3aawg About]</ref>


Since its establishment, M3AAWG 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. M3AAWG 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.
Since its establishment, M3AAWG 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. M3AAWG 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 M3AAWG 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.m3aawg.org/about/roster Member Roster]</ref> The members of the organization meet 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.m3aawg.org/events/upcoming_meetings Meetings]</ref>
The members of M3AAWG 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.m3aawg.org/about/roster Member Roster]</ref> The members of the organization meet 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.m3aawg.org/events/upcoming_meetings Meetings]</ref>
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[http://www.maawg.org/sites/maawg/files/news/MAAWG_ICANN_Budget_Comments-2011-06.pdf  Comments on ICANN’s Draft FY2012 Budget]</ref>
[http://www.maawg.org/sites/maawg/files/news/MAAWG_ICANN_Budget_Comments-2011-06.pdf  Comments on ICANN’s Draft FY2012 Budget]</ref>


==Senior Technical Advisors==
* Dr [[Richard Clayton]], Security Researcher, University of Cambridge
* [[Dave Crocker]], Brandenburg InternetWorking, Principal
* Dr [[Stephen Farrell]], Trinity College Dublin
* [[Barry Leiba]], Futurewei Technologies
* Dr [[John R. Levine]], Taughannock Networks, Founder
* [[April Lorenzen]], Dissect Cyber
* Dr [[Joe St Sauver]], Farsight Security


==Senior Advisors in Public Policy, Data Privacy, and Growth and Development==
* [[Frank Ackermann]], Ackermann Legal, Attorney-at-Law
* [[Simon McGarr]], Data Compliance Europe, Solicitor
* [[William Wilson]], Breckenhill, Founder
* Dr [[Jesse Sowell]], Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation, Cybersecurity Fellow


==References==
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