Internal Emails Threats


January 19, 2013  

Internal email threats can result from a compromised email account a malicious employee or the unintended consequence of human error. A malicious employee or employee mistake can result in an email threat that the employer should respond to. This is where good cybersecurity practice is a must, and you can get some good email security features from services than Fortinet online and others.

Here is a video that shows a hacker changing the subject line on an email.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urJDDquutjc

People are going to send you email at any time for whatever reason and it can hurt you if you are not responsive to the email.

Retention

In many businesses, retention is a key factor. When the retention period has expired, the employee will be required to fill out a survey asking about their work experience. This survey should be provided to the employee even if he/she was the only one to click the “Thank You” button on the website.

Thank You Emails

Thank you emails are the best kind of reminder emails. These emails should be personalized, from the employees themselves and should contain specific action steps that the employee can take to improve his/her situation. These action steps can be important. That is why these emails should be customized to the specific situation. These action steps can be actions that the employee can take while working at the company, or actions that the employee should take in his/her relationship with the company.

In addition to the action steps, all these emails should have a personalized smiley face.

After the employee has received the survey, he/she will be required to fill out the action step action sheet. If an employee filled out the action step sheet correctly, he/she will be required to send it to the correct person.

With the help of the aforementioned security measures, it is highly unlikely that an employee will fall victim to a malicious email threat.

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4 Comments on “Internal Emails Threats”

  1. 1 Dawn said at 6:30 pm on January 19th, 2013:

    I taught myself to knit about 3 months again using YouTube and a site called Ravelry. So far I knitted a hat for my husband and I am currently working on a heel head scarf. Have fun with your new craft!

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  2. 2 Wendy Townley said at 8:07 am on January 20th, 2013:

    Good for you, Dawn! I will definitely check out the Ravelry website, as well as YouTube videos. Every little bit helps :-)

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  3. 3 Megan said at 3:28 pm on February 2nd, 2013:

    My mom taught me to knit when I was in high school and it always seems to be the craft that I come back to. I find it so calming. I can completely shut down my brain while I’m knitting, but perhaps that’s also because I’ve been knitting for so long. Although my knitting usually does involve watching TV. I’d love to see what you make!

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  4. 4 Wendy Townley said at 6:54 pm on February 2nd, 2013:

    Megan, thanks so much. I need to practice a bit more, but I can already sense the calm that arrives while I’m knitting. I can’t even how much more calm I’ll become when I actually know what I’m doing!

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