Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide in one aspect, a method of providing security when accessing a user account of a browser-based communications application, the method comprising: providing a communications server, the communications server configured to access personal information management (PIM) data for the user account, the PIM data comprising a plurality of non-security data items; receiving, at the communications server, a connection request from a remote system, the connection request comprising at least one connection parameter of the remote system; determining if the at least one connection parameter of the remote system is acceptable based on at least one non-security data item of the plurality of non-security data items; allowing access to the user account based on said determining; and sending security awareness data for the user account from the communications server, the security awareness data comprising at least one second non-security data item of the plurality of non-security data it