Intranet News & Articles

The Spy Who Flubbed Me: Intranet Security Begins with Education

How do you prevent your organization's intellectual property from accidentally falling into the wrong hands after spending all those hours building a security infrastructure? It all begins with education. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Intranet Corner: Someone Crawling Through Your Window? Designing an Intranet Security Model

Companies with a serious case of "One Big, Happy Family Syndrome" fall into the trap of believing that all is well because an intranet is protected from the big, bad wolf huffing and puffing from the other side of the corporate firewall. Comments such as, "Oh, don’t worry about it, it’s only an internal site" or "I’m sure our employees will be responsible enough to know where they’re not supposed to go" can often echo through the corridors like famous, or infamous, last words. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Intranet Corner: Mum's the Word - Effective Methods to Protect Your Passwords

It is Monday morning. You have just come back from a three-week vacation in the Bahamas. The cursor blinks on and off, its rhythm never broken. It can wait… the mob cannot. Your hands are frozen to the keyboard. You begin to wade through everything in your mind when something suddenly dawns on you, "What on earth's my password again?" (read more at Intranet Journal)

Controlling Access to an Extranet

It is Monday morning. You have just come back from a three-week The only real difference today among an extranet, an intranet, and a public Web site is how and when users can access the site. Intranets are often on private networks, and extranets are occasionally, as well; but today's robust access-control mechanisms make private networks less and less essential to providing secure access to either an extranet or an intranet. On the other hand, password-protecting portions of a public Web site is becoming more and more common, and isn't a password-protected Web site the same thing as an extranet? (read more at Intranet Journal)

Intranet Content: Long Live the King

An intranet is just another type of container. You can make it as elaborate as you want, but regardless of technological advancements and new software packages boasting "bigger, better, and faster," the heart of an intranet has remained the same over the years: content. Content will still exist without an intranet — whether in the form of electronic documents or hard copies — but an intranet will not exist without its content. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Survey Says! Measuring Intranet User Response

If a developer builds an intranet in a company and no on is there to use it, does it really make a difference? (read more at Intranet Journal)

Getting Started with a Linux Intranet Server

As exciting as it may be to have a sparkling new server running a Linux distribution (such as Red Hat) ready to serve your intranet and/or Web site, you need to take the time to get it ready before unveiling it to your expectant audience. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Keeping Your Intranet Healthy and Effective

An intranet must constantly grow and evolve to match the changing needs of the business, while ensuring a high level of usability and efficiency. This is no easy task, and it will require the constant enthusiasm and efforts of the intranet team. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Important Steps to Keeping Your Intranet Sticky

An Intranet is only as good as the visitor traffic. Follow these simple steps to create an Intranet that is frequently visited and even more valuable for your company. (read more at Intranet Journal)

Sixteen Steps to a Renewed Corporate Intranet

By following a disciplined approach, it is possible to re-invigorate an intranet, making it deliver real business benefits, and supporting strategic goals. This article outlines a sixteen step process which guides you through to a refreshed and dynamic new intranet. (read more at Intranet Journal)