Unforeseen Circumstances

Strategies and technologies for protecting your business and your people in a less secure world

Alexis D. Gutzman

216 pages, parution le 17/05/2002

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Résumé

Businesses around the world have been forced recently to rethink how they protect their employees and their interests from the risks inherent in our changed environment. Taking sensible precautions may protect your company from crippling losses in the wake of sudden events, and in extreme cases may even save lives. Unforeseen Circumstances is a timely and crucial book that takes you through an array of alternative strategies and new technologies in vital areas such as:

EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND SECURITY.- in-depth interviews with security professionals on facing both traditional and unconventional threats ; plus new developments like paperless mail, fingerprint and facial recognition, iris scanning, and other biometric identification techniques.

OPERATIONAL STRATEGY. organizational changes; reducing reliance on plant-and infrastructure-based workplace models ; rethinking sales, marketing, and project management; minimizing costs and risks of air travel ; succession planning.

COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION : technologies for virtual and teleconferenced meetings, webcast presentations, and desktop-based training ; plus advances in remote data storage, secure information transfer, and wireless applications.

Filled with in-depth information and featuring interviews with security, technology, and business professionals, Unforeseen Circumstances is an eye-opening and accessible guide to the issues, concerns, and challenges facing every business, and to the wide variety of strategic and technological alternatives your company can employ to stay strong, even in the toughest times.

Contents

Preface The Changed Landscape of Business
Acknowledgments

Part 1 How Can You Keep Your Employees Safe ?

Chapter 1 A Safe Employee Is a Productive Employee
Chapter 2 Conquer Travel Fears with Virtual Meetings and Training
Chapter 3 Use Webcasting to Sell Without a Handshake
Chapter 4 Keep Projects Running Smoothly with Collaborative Project Management Software
Chapter 5 Keep Employees Connected from Home

Part 2 What If Your Employees and Customers Are Afraid to Open the Mail ?

Chapter 6 Electronic Direct and Transactional Mail 81
Chapter 7 Keep the Money Flowing with eBilling and ePayments Systems
Chapter 8 Find an E-Mail System that Keeps the Lines of Communication Open

Part 3 How Can You Protect Your Place of Business and Your Data?

Chapter 9 Site Security from Procedures to Biometrics Technology
Chapter 10 Cut the Cords and Keep Your Network Online
Chapter 11 Secure Your Data Here, There, and In-Between
Chapter 12 How to Protect E-Mail : The Big Vulnerability
Chapter 13 Using ASPs and MSPs to Decrease Your Dependence on Physical Plant
Chapter 14 Preparing for the Worst : Succession Planning

Epilogue Psychological Warfare
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Alexis D. Gutzman
Parution	17/05/2002
Nb. de pages	216
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	323g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780814471586
ISBN13	978-0-8144-7158-6