Be cautious and have ready policies - even for ignorant employees

Are you even aware what your employees or enthusiastic net savvy friends are doing to you.Everybody with some knowledge and common sense will tell you a little caution is better than remorse later!.

Let's face it, if you knew you wouldn't have been caught pulling the fire alarm at school so that you could postpone that math test would you have done it? The same moral dilemma faces those who use their PCs at work. Employees (particularly in larger corporations) don't see the real harm of network downtime--it's just a paid break. And if they don't see people getting fired for abuse (I'm not talking about porn here, but shopping, blogging, gambling, etc., etc.) what risk do they really take in abusing their Internet access? Besides, if you do happen to infect the network with the latest worm you're just a poor, little end-user and you're really, really sorry. And how many IT departments are actually going to track the thing down once the fire's been put out? Not many--the standard e-mail reminder to be more careful will have to suffice (oh, and remember to attach a copy of the corporate e-mail/Internet policy).

Make the policy if you do not have one already.Big companies be shocked to find out few people care and small companies be really cautious-only u will have to fend for yourself when the going gets tough.

While I am not excited about big companies, et al taking a stronger oversight role when it comes to internet,workstation and network security, businesses (particularly smaller ones) really do need help against their own worst enemy--themselves.

First and foremost search for email policies,review the same,add your own safeguards and make sure everybody knows.Put the disaster recovery plan too in place.Any search engine will tell you the relevant links and articles.Ignorance costs a lot and who will really sympathize with you if you slip off a lying banana skin on the ground.Folks will laugh and learn at your expense.Know that-period.