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Acceptable Use Policies

If you want to make sure your network stays secure, you users need to know what to do and not to do. This policy helps tell them. From email use, to passwords, to acceptable Internet usage. You're covered. This download is available for free as...

Tags: Acceptable Use Policy, Internet, E-mail, Online Communications

Download resources 2008-08-22

Bloxx Helps Pluss Enforce Acceptable Use Policy

The Pluss Organisation is a non-profit organisation, which provides employment and training for people with disabilities. Access to PCs and the Internet, is made available throughout the disparate Pluss sites, for its employees and users. However, without regulating use of the Internet, Pluss found that users accessing bandwidth-hungry sites such...

Tags: Acceptable Use Policy, Bloxx Inc., Pluss Organisation, Internet

Case studies 2008-02-22

AT&T to me: we won't terminate users for "voicing their opinions," but...

AT&T to me: we won't terminate users for "voicing their opinions," but...Baloney - they meant what they said.That spokesperson is just parroting what he's been told. What they MEAN is perfectly clear to any idiot. IF they don't intend to do with that language says, they can quickly remove it....

Tags: AT&T Corp., Acceptable Use Policy

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Additional Resources

EFF sues CIA, DOJ, others over Facebook surveillance

Did Facebook sell users'information to them?[nt]ntShouting on a street cornerPeople need to get over the illusion of privacy and anonymity on the internet. Its always been an illusion. Posing your personal information on Facebook or other social networking sites is the digital equivalent of standing on a street corner...

Tags: INTERNET, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Justice, CIA, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, privacy

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

AbusePipe 2.3.1 (Windows)

AbusePipe identifies who is sending spam based on the information in emailed complaints.AbusePipe analyses abuse complaint emails (typically sent by irate users to abuse@yourISP.com) and determines which of your customers is sending spam also known as unsolicited commercial email or UCE. It automatically generates reports showing which customers have violated...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, DataMystic, AbusePipe, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Cyfin Reporter 8.0 (Windows)

Cyfin Reporter is a log file analyzer that monitors employee Web activity and creates clear, categorized reports on Web usage. Reports track Web activity in up to 81 content categories to help reduce legal liability, improve productivity and conserve bandwidth. Policy-based settings allow administrators to configure Cyfin's reports to match...

Tags: Web, Wavecrest Corp., Microsoft Windows, Cyfin Reporter, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-16

Does good Betsy McCaughey exist?

all very interesting, but...Is ZDnet now a health-oriented web site? Should we start looking forward to more political articles?A Ph.D. is a doctorate[i]"When McCaughey uses the title ?Dr.,? it?s based on her Ph.D from Columbia. ... to refer to her as ?Dr. McCaughey,? is to endorse a deception."[/i]Sorry, Dana, but...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, SECURITY, Betsy McCaughey, deception, good Betsy McCaughey, doctorate, health care

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Visage Login 1.3 (Mac)

Visage Login allows you to easily and safely customize your Mac OS X login screen. Visage keeps track of Apple's default settings for every customization, so you can easily switch back to the original settings at any time. Change the login panel images, including the Apple logo, Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sanity Software, Visage Login, Visage, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-09-05

Why PayPal lost this customer over credit card fees policy

Te sadder reality"Here?s the sad reality: PayPal - and the execs at parent company eBay - could probably give a rat?s behind what I think of their credit card policies. I?m not a frequent buyer or seller on eBay and don?t regularly use the service. And I?m just one guy."No,...

Tags: Sales channel, Food & Beverage, PayPal

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Let me say it again: Stop sharing music!

This message is for kids, certainly, college students, and schools. File sharing is bad. I don't care where you stand on the modernization of copyright law - the courts have spoken and now the Department of Justice has spoken. According to a piece in PC Magazine (and...

Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Music, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-17

CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority

The CentOS developers were ready to burn the place down if their AWOL project founder didn't show up and resolve several outstanding issues that put the popular Open Source project and Linux distribution at risk. For those of us in the "Inside Baseball'...

Tags: Developer, Project, Red Hat Inc., Domain, Founder, CentOS, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-02

NannySoft 1.2 (Windows)

NannySoft is an application that runs silently in the background on your computer. In its simplest configuration, it quietly monitors all activity on your computer, and creates a running record of everything the users do. This data is stored, and can then be accessed later by you so that you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Black List, Computer, NannySoft, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-05-16

Shame on you, Facebook!

Shame on you, Facebook!The Double Standards of the Western WorldIf Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten prints caricatures of holy prophet Muhammad, it is "FREEDOM OF SPEECH". If facebook allows holocaust denial, it is SHAMEFUL. How CIVILIZED is the world with such double standards we live in!Free speech for me but not for...

Tags: Facebook!, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Blacklists vs. whitelists

Blacklists vs. whitelistsCommercial Site VettingMy concern with a vendor offering to optimize content is where else are they looking to monetize the relationship, perhaps through back doors?Data mine and sell to marketing? Take money from commercial sites or trade associations such as the dairy councils to improve the findability of...

Tags: K-12

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payload

Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payloadSo basically......anyone who patched back in October and who doesn't install dodgy files is still OK?Which seems to be about 99%+ of Windows users.This thing is a walk in the parkcompared to the new w32.Virut.nbn variationsit's game over as soon as you catch itnastiest thing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Patches, SECURITY, Conficker, payload

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

MySpace using Cloudmark anti-spam for in-network abuse

MySpace using Cloudmark anti-spam for in-network abuseblock social nets at from officeAlthough Myspace should be applauded for working on security, employers still have reason use software to monitor, limit and even block social network access. Social networks are often a waste of time in the office, if not a security...

Tags: Social networking, Spam, SECURITY, MySpace, in-network, Cloudmark, anti-spam

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

Apple cripples GPS in Egyptian iPhones

Apple cripples GPS in Egyptian iPhonesThat you could...track a particular iPhone is probably the big concern. There is an app, I believe, that allows you to see where your iPhone contacts are in real time. If they are set up with the app too and allow it of course. It...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Egyptian iPhones

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

Mobiles for your users

We all have users for whom a mobile phone of some sort makes a lot of sense. Our district has always either provided a phone or a moderate subsidy for key staff who need to stay in touch. Principals need to be reachable in case of emergencies with...

Tags: District, Phone, Mobile, Telecom & Utilities, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open source

Gartner tries to scare businesses adopting open sourceYou are wrong, Gartner is correct...My rep has confirmed this for me as well. Open Source is impossible to license and maintain. Thus, the only true solution to IT needs and efficiencies is adopting a Microsoft strategy throughout the entire organization. My rep...

Tags: Gartner Inc., open source, software

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Peer to Peer File Sharing Policy

As an addendum to the company's Acceptable Use Policy—which details the utilization of the company network, the Internet, e-mail, and employees' personal computers—this policy prohibits the use of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing applications on company equipment. Use this policy as-is or customize it to meet your...

Tags: P2P File Sharing, P2P, Policy, File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

Download resources 2008-11-19