Lessons Learned While Protecting Gmail

Explore key insights from Google's Anti-spam and Abuse Research Lead on protecting Gmail users against various threats. Delve into Gmail's defense architecture, focusing on spam and phishing detection systems, email authentication technologies, and malware scanning at scale. Examine challenges in securing network communications, including STARTTLS implementation limitations. Discover effective techniques and tools for hardening web front-ends against attacks and malicious content. Gain valuable statistics and real-world examples of countered attacks in this 26-minute conference talk from USENIX Enigma 2016.