I am pleased to announce the availability of FSTC's "Understanding and Countering the Phishing Threat," the summary whitepaper of findings and recommendations of the FSTC Counter-Phishing Project. The whitepaper contains valuable data, published here for the first time, including FSTC's "Phishing Attack Life Cycle" and FSTC's "Taxonomy of Phishing Attacks." This and all other project deliverables are located at http://fstc.org/projects/counter-phishing-phase-1/ In addition to the whitepaper, the following deliverables are being made available on the site, as follows: TO ALL: "Results Summary: FSTC Counter-Phishing Solutions Survey": An overview of the 60+ solutions currently offered on the marketplace, broken down by where they map against the FSTC "Phishing Attack Life Cycle" TO ALL: "Vocabulary of Phishing Terms": A glossary of terms used throughout the project. The project team used these to "speak the same language" when talking about the problem and potential solutions, whether internally, or with vendors, or with customers TO FSTC MEMBERS ONLY: "Results Summarized By Solution": identifies solutions by company and product name as they map against the different phases of the FSTC "Phishing Attack Life Cycle" TO FSTC MEMBERS ONLY: "Directory of Survey Respondents": contact information for each company/solution provider that responded to the survey FOR PURCHASE: "Cost/Impact Spreadsheet Tool": a tool that provides a means to estimate the direct and indirect costs/impacts of phishing to a financial institution FSTC extends its gratitude to its member organizations for their efforts and contributions in completing this important industry research, and to the project's talented management team for helping our members realize their goals. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription manager: <http://ls.fstc.org/subscriber> --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'