Don't let e-mail impair productivity

Security Strategies Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile Don't let e-mail impair productivity By M. E. Kabay Sometimes I think that e-mail is a curse. When I look at my apparently inexhaustible list of pending e-mail messages, I feel like turning off my e-mail client for good. Ole Eichhorn, who has created a charming and idea-packed Web site, wrote an excellent overview in 2003 looking at the dangers of using e-mail badly. Read full story M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP is Program Director of the Master of Science in Information Assurance and CTO of the School of Graduate Studies at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. Mich can be reached by e-mail and his Web site. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY MESSAGELABS Executive Guide: A look at data protection Read this Executive Guide, "Keeping Data Safe and Found," to learn the latest news, analysis, and real-world user advice on protecting corporate data. This comprehensive Executive Guide examines technologies and methodologies, the cost of regulatory compliance and how IT professionals are juggling these issues today. Learn more today. Download this Executive Guide now. RELATED NEWS: Top security threats for 2008 We kick off our Prediction Week of podcasts (one new podcast every day this week) with predictions on the top cybersecurity threats for 2008 from Mike Paquette at Top Layer Networks. Learn about the increase in targeted attacks, the growth of browser-based exploits and threats to mobile devices (15:17). 'Hacker safe' Web site gets hit by hacker, 01/07/08 Just because a Web site has a certification claiming that it is virtually hackproof, that doesn't necessarily mean it's immune to all intrusions. The pitfalls of PKI Security expert Tyson Kopczynski outlines how the most common PKI pitfalls can be fixed. Hot Microsoft-related discussion: Microsoft security update cripples IE EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS Exploring what matters most in IT today. TAMING THE VIRTUAL BEAST VM management tools from Microsoft, VMware, XenSource leave room for improvement. SPONSORED BY MESSAGELABS Executive Guide: A look at data protection Read this Executive Guide, "Keeping Data Safe and Found," to learn the latest news, analysis, and real-world user advice on protecting corporate data. This comprehensive Executive Guide examines technologies and methodologies, the cost of regulatory compliance and how IT professionals are juggling these issues today. Learn more today. Download this Executive Guide now. Complimentary Subscriptions for IT Professionals Sign up today and receive a yearly subscription to Network World magazine. Each week Network World is jam-packed with news, analysis, expert industry opinions and management advice that many network IT professional can't live without. Why not join them? Click here to subscribe: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_0102 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnssfuff.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   01/08/08 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: The IT department is dead, author argues Cisco's virtual switch smashes records Google Android faces big problems The 15 best downloads of the year Facebook's malicious widget - 'Secret Crush' Is a Wi-Fi virus outbreak possible? Cisco set-top boxes on tap for CES 10 slick and cool IE extensions Cisco may use 450Mbps chipset in 11n gear Everything that matters in IT MOST READ TEST: Cisco's virtual switch smashes records Webcast: Beyond perimeter security Listen to industry experts discuss the need for strong security throughout an IT environment. One expert says, the barbarians are not at the gate, they are already inside. Securing one access point to your network simply is not enough. Learn more today. Access this webcast now. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Security Strategies Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007