Protect Your Business with a Smart Email PolicyMay 26, 2022With an estimated 306 billion emails sent and received each day worldwide, electronic communication is clearly an essential business tool. But in the same way email makes business more efficient, all those data packets traveling in and out of your company’s email system pose potential risks to your business. Know the risksWhile leaks of your company’s confidential or proprietary information via employee email are always a danger, messages carelessly worded that create legal headaches for businesses are more common. A recent study showed that nearly one in four outgoing emails contains content that pose legal, financial or regulatory risk for your business.
Protect your businessIn addition to creating a working policy here are ideas to consider as part of your policy or as ideas to better protect your business.
Instituting a comprehensive email policy is only part of an effective protection plan. Monitoring and enforcing those rules and periodic training for all employees are also essential components.
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