Securing Email Applications from Various Cyber Issues

Information Security and integrity are becoming more important as we use email for personal communication and business. As it is excessively used it is highly prone to Cyber Attacks, threats and malwares. The most common of these are masquerading, modification, and Phishing attacks. In order to provide security against these, many tools have been proposed such as Privacy Enhancement Mail (PEM), Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). Although these tools provide security features like Data Integrity, Non-Repudiation, Encryption, But somewhere fails to provide higher level of Authentication and Confidentiality. This paper focus on the security issues that are still to be overcome even after the use of any of these existing email privacy tools, considering the solutions prevailing to avoid security risks and hence make the email communication security proof. KeywordsCyberattack, Information security, Data Integrity, Authentication, Masquerading, Confidentiality.