Perryman, 2021 - Google Patents

A Design‐Science Approach to Nullifying Malicious Links and Attachments in Spam Email

Perryman, 2021

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461785082787670489
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Perryman S
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Spam email has become a significant problem in the modern computing environment. Compounding this is the propensity for spam to be a vessel for malicious software. The purpose of this project is to use Design Science to create a product that intercepts any …
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