How to conduct your own technology audit
October 31, 2008
Technology gurus have spent years marketing, selling, and convincing us to add more and more technological tools to our lives. Many of us are old enough to remember that when we began our law practices, we prepared documents with typewriters and dictated on to tape. When we went home, we listened to music on vinyl […]
Anti-spam law struck for being ‘overbroad’
October 31, 2008
It’s unusual for the Supreme Court of Virginia to take a second look at a decided case.
It’s highly unusual for the high court to switch from a 4-3 affirmance to a unanimous reversal of a criminal conviction. The high-profile subject is spammer Jeremy Jaynes, and the reversal stemmed from a second look at a recent […]
How to manage the tsunami of spam
September 10, 2008
By Bruce Dorner
Does your work day begin with a thousand taps of the “Delete” key to remove the flood of spam that invades your inbox? Are you getting worn down trying to sort the important e-mails from the torrent of junk? Are you ready to delegate e-mail triage to a staff person? Then let’s […]
Spam: The Next Generation
September 10, 2008
Spam, i.e., unwanted e-mail, won’t go away. At least the spammers are getting funnier.
Check out your spam filter some time to see what’s been blocked. Use the same care and caution you’d use when opening a full trash can that’s been sitting out in the summer sun a few days. You can’t be sure what’s […]
Planning for changes in technology
June 27, 2008
Is your business making a move or contemplating a telecommunications switch (or a switch in any other technology, for that matter)?
Here’s a checklist of things to consider:
• Plan ahead — way ahead.
If a long distance or wireless carrier change is even contemplated, look at the existing contract and know when it expires. Then back up […]
How your business can combat spam
June 27, 2008
There are many common security measures that should be in place on your company’s e-mail servers, but you can help yourself in the fight against “spam” – unwanted e-mail messages and solicitations.
You really need only to be aware of what you are doing online, including:
1. Do not provide your e-mail address to pop-open browser windows […]
Phishing, pharming and other means of ID theft
June 13, 2008
The statistics on identity theft are staggering. Recent surveys estimate that on average, there are between 9 million and 10 million victims of identity theft each year. On average, identity theft costs each victim $6,383 and 600 hours restoring his or her name and credit.
It’s so prevalent that TV commercials now joke about it.
For those […]
Moral: Don’t write that stuff on the company computer
May 14, 2008
Here’s a nugget for HR people from Banks v. Mario Industries of Virginia Inc., decided last year by the Supreme Court of Virginia: Disclaimers about no expectation of privacy in the use of company computers will be upheld, and attorney-client privilege is no help to an ex-employee on the point.
The Banks case was a business-tort […]
You’ve got mail - and you might have legal problems, too
May 14, 2008
It’s fast, easy, and for some, completely irresistible. In fact, you’ve probably done it several times today already, as has nearly everyone you work with.
But as convenient and efficient as e-mail is, for employers it can also be a “clicking” time bomb exposing them to security problems and potential liability, as well as costly and […]
When piracy sacks the user
May 14, 2008
In my daily interactions with small business owners, information technology departments, and even consumers, one of the most common questions I get about software is how to ensure that the products being purchased online or in a storefront are genuine.
The proliferation of high-speed Internet access at home and at work has ushered in a new […]
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