Peter discussed how the benefits of Internet connection for the individual can be maintained whilst security issues of the company are addressed. Once on the Internet, many millions of people can potentially connect to your system. Like any common highway, there are a few people who will abuse if for their pleasure or gain, causing all of us to have to do our level best to secure out assets. Everybody is talking about the Internet. It's the wave of the future, the Information Super Highway.
Newspapers have articles, pages, even supplements.
This paper will address all of these concerns from a practical perspective in the context of the culture of the Internet - a culture which will start to spread to you staff. You need to be able to accept that your staff will be seeing a wider world-view, one you may not agree with. It wasn't so long ago that the Internet was an 'experts-only' network, offering services only to those who could find and complies the necessary software to connect to remote systems. With the networking technology for Internet connectivity being built into mass-market software like Windows NT and Windows 95, the Internet is positioned quickly to become a resource which can be taken advantage of by anyone who can make a connection. In this session, Scott will describe Microsoft's plans for the Internet in terms of network and E-Mail connectivity being built into Microsoft's plans for the Internet for providing information and support services for its customers.