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The Big List of Internet Hoaxes: Stashes of illicit Nigerian cash, free laptops and phones, the list of things you can receive from forwarding a few chain emails is apparently without limit. As most of us are aware, these emails are hoaxes. The minority who fall victim to them keep these hoaxes alive and the scammers and spammers in business. The most effective means of combating this issue is education via sites like Hoaxbusters, an ugly but information-rich trove of caveats. There are more comprehensive information sources about particular hoaxes, but Hoaxbusters snapshots important information like five telltale signs to identify a hoax message and basic principles of safe computing; just reading those will make you almost invulnerable to internet hoaxes. A simple site with a simple message: think before you forward or respond to an offer that's way too good to be true. (ME) From This is True for 9 August 2008 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Henrik Walther List Price: $39.95 Amazon Price: $26.37 Editorial Review: According to Microsoft, Exchange Server delivers over 75% of all corporate e-mail. The 2007 release is the fist major overhaul since 2003. It attempts to address the challenge of delivering greater performance and accessibility while increasing protection against a new generation of high risk security threats. Microsoft has added many new features that dramatically improve the scope of Exchange Server and the Outlook web client, positioning the platform as a groupware and collaboration tool that is accessible to remote and wireless users as will as those wired directly to the corporate intranet. The typical SysAdmin needs a reference that cuts through all the complexity and seldom-used features to get the product successfully deployed as efficiently as possible---exactly the job of the "How to Cheat" series.  By: Nancy Flynn List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $13.57 Editorial Review: Trillions of e-mails travel each year through corporate networks?and they're not all work-related. But for organizations wishing to protect themselves from liability, e-mail is no longer the only danger?they now have to contend with blogs, social networking sites, and other new technologies. Packed with electronic rules, step-by-step guidelines, sample policies, and e-disaster stories, this revised edition of The e-Policy Handbook helps readers:
implement strategic electronic rules ? prevent security breaches and data theft ? safeguard confidential company and customer information ? manage new and emerging technologies ? write and implement effective policies ? train employees
Updated to cover new technologies, including instant messaging, social networking, text messaging, video sites, and more, this is a comprehensive resource for developing clear, complete e-policies.  By: David Scott List Price: $26.99 Amazon Price: $21.05  By: Nancy FlynnRandolph Kahn List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $13.57 Editorial Review: All companies rely on e-mail as a critical business tool, but few have considered the policies and systems necessary to safeguard their interests. Important information including transaction details, trade secrets, and confidential documents contained within messages are business assets with serious legal and financial implications. If an organization is to be safe, it needs a practical system for handling everything that comes into-and leaves-its computers. A toolkit for protecting any company's electronic capital, E-Mail Rules shows how to: * Use technology, policy, and employee training to minimize the loss of data * Create enterprise-wide retention rules for the saving and disposal of messages * Gain control of transmission and ensure a secure electronic environment * Develop strategies for related technologies like instant messaging, list serves, and online chat E-Mail Rules shows readers how to maximize the effectiveness of their organizations' e-mail systems, and put an end to lost or compromised information.  By: Jonathan Land List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $13.45 Editorial Review: From the man behind TheSpamLetters.com - featured in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and Slashdot - comes a collection of brilliant and entertaining correspondence with the people who send out mass junk emailings (a.k.a. spam). Compiled from the nearly 200 entries written by Jonathan Land, The Spam Letters taunts, prods, and parodies the faceless salespeople in your inbox, giving you a chuckle at their expense. If you hate spam, you'll love The Spam Letters. |
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