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Temp staff pose biggest security risk

...Within 10 minutes they could have read and signed up to an email policy -- giving the employer peace of mind that their systems are being... Read more

11 June, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

Ten sacked over 'lewd email'

D'oh! Smutty email of Bart Simpson leads to serious job losses Read more

5 January, 2001 by Rachel Munro and Will Knight
15 Common Mistakes in Email Security

15 Common Mistakes in Email Security

Trouble enforcing your email policy? We've done the hard work for you with the MIMEsweeper... Read more

1 February, 2007

Marketing chiefs: Are you spamming your customers?

Tighten up your email policy - or risk being blacklisted Marketing emails are at risk of being... Read more

25 November, 2009 by Nick Heath

The 10 most important things to teach your users

...sent to the director of human resources. Regardless of an organisation's email policy, users need to be aware of this danger and be taught... Read more

7 June, 2006 by Becky Roberts

Christmas number one virus plays on

...unsolicited email attachment. User education, good anti-virus software, and a sensible email policy can make worms like this an irrelevance." The Sober-K worm... Read more

2 March, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Microsoft 'destroyed evidence' in patent case

Burst.com, which is suing Microsoft for patent infringement, has alleged in a pretrial motion that Redmond's policy of email deletion contravenes a court order Read more

19 November, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

Viruses: Could your business be liable?

...policy and keep it up to date.• Implement a staff Internet and email policy, educate staff -- and enforce it!• Review your insurance cover for e... Read more

6 January, 2004 by Olswang

Phones 4U bans staff from email

...three hours a day on their hands. He said he introduced no email policy after seeing staff becoming chained to their computers, rather than talking... Read more

19 September, 2003 by Jo Best

Online Christmas to cost £154m

...staff have email access, only 73 per cent of companies have an email policy. For everything Internet-related, from the latest legal and policy-related... Read more

17 December, 2002 by Tony Hallett

Smutty banker awarded compensation

...it also stated that he had not been properly informed about the email policy within the bank, and as such his sacking was unfounded. The... Read more

12 December, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

BT wages war on 'cyber-slacking'

...with access to email and yet only 73 per cent have an email policy in place and only 75 per cent use any kind of... Read more

31 October, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Silly banker suspended for sending saucy email

...his employer, Credit Lyonnais, while they investigate whether he has violated their email policy. Graeme Wearden writes for ZDNet UK Read more

4 October, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Sex email rebounds on city banker

...his employer, Credit Lyonnais, while they investigate whether he has violated their email policy. For everything Internet-related, from the latest legal and policy-related... Read more

4 October, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Welsh Assembly blocks school emails

...the whole of Wales, and will delay the review of its school email policy until the findings of this investigation are released. See the Internet... Read more

3 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

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