InternetPolicyHave you ever wondered why one of your employees, or multiple employees aren’t productive in the office?  Perhaps they are surfing the web or doing something online that they are not supposed to be doing.  Do you have a computer, internet usage policy?  If you answered no, then read on.

Internet and computer policies are crucial for several reasons:

  1. The policy helps protect your image online from people posting bad things about your business while they are working for you.
  2. Reduces potentially dangerous spyware from being downloaded off the internet
  3. Protects your important documents that you have on your server
  4. Prevents people from looking at lewd things online like pornography
  5. Helps protect your firm in the event that an employee sews your if they are terminated
  6. And so on…..

As you can tell there are a lot of ways that not having a Computer, Email & Internet Usage policy in place can hurt your firm.  To help you get started I have uploaded a sample policy (FREE) that you can use to help develop one.  Now, there is a lot more that you need to do than establishing a Computer, Email & Internet Usage policy.  The biggest thing that you need to do is established a well thought out training program to help educate your employees on the proper usage of the internet, email, computers. 

For instance, a training program on proper email etiquette is a great way to get started.  If you would like some ideas or my advise feel free to contact me.  I have several training techniques and programs that can help you put in place that will guarantee results.  Another way that you can help your employees stay in line with this policy to train them on proper online usage, how to find things easier online, sites to avoid, etc.  These are some simple ways that you can help protect your business from unwanted programs getting into your system and protecting your company’s image. 

Having passwords and privileges set up for documents and programs for your employees will help prevent employees who do not belong using them from getting access.  You should also have a secured monitoring system so you can view who has accessed what program or file at what time and track the changes made (downloads, etc.).  These are some quick and easy ways to make sure that your computer systems are protected.  Now, if your computers are not hooked up to a server and don’t have any way of tracking what employees accessed contact me and I will help you out.