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External threats
External threats can include threat agents such as hyperlinks, embedded objects in e-mails, and
data connections that link a document to another document, database, or Web site across an
intranet or public network.
External threats are a risk if your organization:
• Provides users with unrestricted access to public networks, such as the Internet.
• Allows users to receive e-mail messages that contain embedded images and HTML.
• Allows users to use data connections in spreadsheets or other documents.
For information about planning and configuring security settings that mitigate threats from
external agents, see Configure external program access to Entourage 2008
in the Office 2008
Planning section.
Best practices for a security-enhanced environment
The following table lists some best practices for enhancing the security of the computing
environment in your organization.
Best practice Consideration
Educate and train
users about the
security settings that
are available to
protect their
documents.
There are no administrative settings that allow you to enforce
security preferences that you specify. Even if you set and
deploy security preferences, users can change these
preferences at a later time. Therefore, if you are deploying
security settings as part of your organization's policy, you must
educate your users about the risks associated with changing
default settings.
Install all available
updates.
Turn on AutoUpdate to receive security patches or updates.
For more information about how to use the automatic update
feature in Office 2008, see Configuring AutoUpdate for Office
2008 in the Office 2008 Deployment section.