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Microsoft Office

Outlook 2003
Search Folders - The easy way to find, read, and organize your email

Reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small Business Center

When you look at your e-mail, are you overwhelmed by the way all of your messages pile up in your Inbox? Are messages that you want to follow up on lumped in with those that you want to keep for posterity? Even if you file your e-mail in folders, you may sometimes get that uncomfortable feeling that once a message is filed, you'll forget where you put it. Search Folders can help.

Learn how Search Folders can help you sort, organize, and find your e-mail with minimal effort.

After completing this course you will be able to:

Understand how Search Folders work.

Use Search Folders to quickly sort, organize, and find e-mail messages.

Create or modify a Search Folder.

Save the results of a search as a Search Folder.

SEE DEMO!

What's on the Threat Landscape?
Find out what's happening in today's security threat landscape and what measures you can take to protect your business from these threats.

The tenth volume of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report was released in September 2006 and discusses the threat environment from January 1 to June 30, 2006. Each Report provides a comprehensive view of the Internet threat environment for a six month period, and is a culmination of analysis based on data collected by 1,600 dedicated security analysts around the world. Learning about the threat landscape is important, because it arms you with the knowledge you need to protect your business.

The Threat Landscape
According to the Report, the threat landscape has shifted from widespread and unfocused Internet worms to targeted attacks aimed at specific companies, with the intent of gathering confidential data for the purpose of fraud and criminal activity. The Report also revealed that cybercriminals tended to focus on targeting client-side applications in the first six months of 2006. Here are some additional Report findings:

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Regulatory Compliance and Small Business
Learn about the new regulatory environment and what you should do to ensure that your small business is compliant.

A new regulatory environment is affecting the business landscape, and compliance standards such as Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and HIPAA require businesses to adhere to enforceable standards set by the government. Many compliance standards require accountability on the part of businesses, especially in the areas of data integrity, security, and privacy. Small businesses, especially in the financial and healthcare sectors or those that handle contracts from businesses in these sectors or from government agencies, are more likely to be affected by a more stringent regulatory environment.

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How to Stay Compliant with Strong Security
Learn security measures you can take to help your business meet regulations and stay compliant.

Regulatory mandates require compliance. Here are some security measures you can take to help your business meet regulations and stay compliant:

Establish Information Security: Information is an important asset for any business. Many regulations require businesses to show what controls are in place to ensure proper management practices. It's important to establish policies for how information--including customer data, client records, and confidential information--is handled. Protecting confidential information and financial and accounting records is also important. You should consider using password protection for important documents and files, as well as monitoring user access logs, especially if questions arise at a later time regarding any unexpected changes to information or data theft.

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