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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. | 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. | ||
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]]! | 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> | ||
==Leadership== | ==Leadership== | ||
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| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2004 |
| Headquarters: | San Francisco, California |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | www.maawg.org |
| Key People | |
| Jerry Upton, Executive Director | |
MAAWG is the acronym for Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, an non-profit international organization primarily engaged in preventing online abuses such denial of service attacks, phishing, spam, viruses and many other cyber crimes. The organization uses industry collaboration, technology, and public policy in providing solutions related to online messaging abuses. MAAWG was founded in 2004 and its headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.[1]
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.
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!.[2]
Leadership
- Jerry Upton, Executive Director
- Michael O’Reirdan, Chairman
- Alex Bobotek, Co-Vice Chairman
- Chris Roosenraad, Co-Vice Chairman
- Dave Crocker, Senior Advisor
Senior Technical Advisors
- Dr Richard Clayton, Security Researcher-University of Cambridge
- Dave Crocker, Brandenburg InternetWorking-Principal
- David Dagon, J.D. Florida State University College of Law
- John R. Levine, Taughannock Networks-Founder
- April Lorenzen, Internet Security Researcher
- Dr. Joe St Sauver, Manager Internet2 Security Programs