The e-Policy Handbook: Rules and Best Practices to Safely Manage Your Company's E-Mail, Blogs, Social Networking, and Other Electronic Communication Tools [Paperback]

Nancy Flynn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 2009

" 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. "

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Book Description

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.

From the Back Cover

With trillions of e-mails traveling each year through your corporate network—and

not all of them work-related—your company can be left wide open to liability risks, security breaches, and productivity nosedives. And now, with the advent of blogs, social networking sites, and other new technologies, e-mail is no longer the only danger!

Newly updated to cover the latest threats to your organization’s security, including instant messaging, text messaging, video sites, and more, The e-Policy Handbook gives you every­thing you need to develop clear, complete e-policies. Packed with electronic rules, step-by-step guidelines, sample policies, and e-disaster stories, this new edition shows how to:

—    implement strategic electronic rules

—    understand “cyber-laws”

—    prevent security breach­es and data theft

—    safeguard confidential company and customer infor­mation

—    manage new and emerging technologies

—    write and implement effective policies

—    train employ­ees about your company’s online rules

 

From off-color jokes to pornographic images, from software pirates to eBay addicts, digital abuse can tear any company apart. This thorough, up-to-date survival kit shows you how to protect your organization.

 

Praise for the First Edition of The e-Policy Handbook:

 

“What every business book should be: easy to understand, full of practical tips, and provoca­tive….You might not find a more useful business book this year, or next,

than this one.” — Training

 

“If your company has an online presence—even one employee online—then buy this book.”

—    The Toronto Star

 

“The book is a timely and comprehensive survival kit showing how to adopt and monitor effective e-policies without alienating a workforce that grew up in the computer age.”   

—    Office Solutions

“The e-Policy Handbook is the perfect companion to have at your side when drawing up your policies.”           

— Legal Management

 

“An eye-opening book.”        

— BookPage

 

Nancy Flynn is founder and executive director of the ePolicy Institute™, www.epolicyinstitute.com, a leading source of e-mail- and Internet-related speaking, training, and consulting services. She is regularly quoted in major media, including Fortune, Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, NPR, and CNN. Her books include Blog Rules and E-Mail Rules. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; Second Edition edition (January 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814410650
• ISBN-13: 978-0814410653
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #916,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for an office manager., August 21, 2010

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This review is from: The e-Policy Handbook: Rules and Best Practices to Safely Manage Your Company's E-Mail, Blogs, Social Networking, and Other Electronic Communication Tools (Paperback)

Fun, concrete, easy to read. I'm writing my office email policy based im this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Step-by-step training and sample policies along with real-world case histories makes for a fine survey, May 11, 2009

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This review is from: The e-Policy Handbook: Rules and Best Practices to Safely Manage Your Company's E-Mail, Blogs, Social Networking, and Other Electronic Communication Tools (Paperback)

Digital abuse can tear companies apart - such abuse includes software pirating, inappropriate e-mails, and more. Businesses seeking protection from liability need the latest updated edition of The e-Policy Handbook: it has been newly updated to reflect the latest electronic developments and offers strategies for identifying and preventing data theft, customer information, and more. Step-by-step training and sample policies along with real-world case histories makes for a fine survey.