The document discusses employee internet use and misuse at work. It notes that while the internet creates opportunities, it also enables mischief that can negatively impact businesses through reduced productivity, security issues, legal risks, wasted bandwidth, and reputational damage. Specifically, it finds that 30% of bosses fired employees in 2007 for viewing pornography or other offensive material at work. The document recommends that companies monitor rather than block employee internet access, and consider solutions that block malware while allowing flexible access policies tailored to each business.
Whitepaper for IM Lock Software
http://www.comvigo.com
Our Latest Version of IMLock
http://www.imlock.com/how-to-block-a-website-with-imlock/
IM Lock is an internet filtering software for Home, Business, and Networks.
Strengthening the Weakest Link - Reducing Risks from Social Engineering AttacksFitCEO, Inc. (FCI)
Social engineering relies on momentary weaknesses in people, and it’s easier to deceive someone than it is to hack into systems. VIMRO's Larry Boettger and Michael Horsch Fizz share critical elements in workforce cybersecurity training empowering workers to protect themselves and the company they work for.
How to Protect Your PC from Malware, Ransomware, VirusHabFg
Your info guide to beefing up your personal computer’s safety from malicious threats! Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about protecting your computer’s system, fighting spam, spyware & adware, phishing & identity theft, computer viruses… and anti-viruses, protection you can afford and so much more!
Computer Security Guide to Pc Security
“Your Info Guide to Beefing Up Your Personal Computer’s Safety From Malicious Threats
As we do these things on a more regular basis, we open ourselves up to potential hackers, attackers and crackers. While some may be looking to phish your personal information and identity for resale, others simply just want to use your computer as a platform from which to attack other unknowing targets. Computer Security is very important
Whitepaper for IM Lock Software
http://www.comvigo.com
Our Latest Version of IMLock
http://www.imlock.com/how-to-block-a-website-with-imlock/
IM Lock is an internet filtering software for Home, Business, and Networks.
Strengthening the Weakest Link - Reducing Risks from Social Engineering AttacksFitCEO, Inc. (FCI)
Social engineering relies on momentary weaknesses in people, and it’s easier to deceive someone than it is to hack into systems. VIMRO's Larry Boettger and Michael Horsch Fizz share critical elements in workforce cybersecurity training empowering workers to protect themselves and the company they work for.
How to Protect Your PC from Malware, Ransomware, VirusHabFg
Your info guide to beefing up your personal computer’s safety from malicious threats! Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about protecting your computer’s system, fighting spam, spyware & adware, phishing & identity theft, computer viruses… and anti-viruses, protection you can afford and so much more!
Computer Security Guide to Pc Security
“Your Info Guide to Beefing Up Your Personal Computer’s Safety From Malicious Threats
As we do these things on a more regular basis, we open ourselves up to potential hackers, attackers and crackers. While some may be looking to phish your personal information and identity for resale, others simply just want to use your computer as a platform from which to attack other unknowing targets. Computer Security is very important
Our Digital World - A look at E-safety issues for teenagersBrian Sharland
This is a presentation on esafety issues I give to parents at the school I work at. It covers common issues teenagers face as well as solutions and support for parents.
Slides produced for a workshop on measures to use to protect your computer and system security. By Computer Troubleshooters, Dayton, Ohio. February 15, 2014
Bullhorn Reach: 2012 Activity Report | Social Media RecruitingSteven Duque
Since social recruiting has proven
to be a rapidly growing category, we
expect increased social engagement
from recruiters. This report evaluates
the current social network activity
among recruiters and suggests several
interesting insights. First, our findings
suggest that recruiters are connected to
all three social networks, but are using
LinkedIn and Twitter much more than
Facebook to recruit talent. While we
found that LinkedIn is driving the most
views and applications per job posted
on the “big three” social networks, our
analysis shows that Twitter followers are
much more likely to apply for a job than
connections on LinkedIn or friends on
Facebook. Overall, Twitter and Facebook
appear to be highly under-utilized
networks for recruiting, but we expect
that behavior to change during 2012.
Edward; w5; employee privacy report; 08.16.11. Copyright 2013 Edward F. T. Ch...Edward F. T. Charfauros
Edward F. T. Charfauros, inspiring author, assists fellow students with their presentation for a successful grade. He also blogs upon his own inspiring blog, where you'll discover life changing stuff. Sign up for his blog by sending him an email~
Copyright 2013 Edward F. T. Charfauros. Reference, www.YourBlogorResume.net.
DeepNines Technologies information for IT B2B. Defending against modern threats with DeepNines IT Services. More information located at www.deepnines.com
Our Digital World - A look at E-safety issues for teenagersBrian Sharland
This is a presentation on esafety issues I give to parents at the school I work at. It covers common issues teenagers face as well as solutions and support for parents.
Slides produced for a workshop on measures to use to protect your computer and system security. By Computer Troubleshooters, Dayton, Ohio. February 15, 2014
Bullhorn Reach: 2012 Activity Report | Social Media RecruitingSteven Duque
Since social recruiting has proven
to be a rapidly growing category, we
expect increased social engagement
from recruiters. This report evaluates
the current social network activity
among recruiters and suggests several
interesting insights. First, our findings
suggest that recruiters are connected to
all three social networks, but are using
LinkedIn and Twitter much more than
Facebook to recruit talent. While we
found that LinkedIn is driving the most
views and applications per job posted
on the “big three” social networks, our
analysis shows that Twitter followers are
much more likely to apply for a job than
connections on LinkedIn or friends on
Facebook. Overall, Twitter and Facebook
appear to be highly under-utilized
networks for recruiting, but we expect
that behavior to change during 2012.
Edward; w5; employee privacy report; 08.16.11. Copyright 2013 Edward F. T. Ch...Edward F. T. Charfauros
Edward F. T. Charfauros, inspiring author, assists fellow students with their presentation for a successful grade. He also blogs upon his own inspiring blog, where you'll discover life changing stuff. Sign up for his blog by sending him an email~
Copyright 2013 Edward F. T. Charfauros. Reference, www.YourBlogorResume.net.
DeepNines Technologies information for IT B2B. Defending against modern threats with DeepNines IT Services. More information located at www.deepnines.com
The Strategic American Issue One: Business in AmericaJoel Drotts
A look at how we do business in America, as compared to how we used to do business. Also a look at global markets, who is winning and why? What America must do to catch up!
Mobilis 2008 - B5 : Interfaces hommes/machines pour nos séniorsMobilis Conférence
Support utilisé lors de l'atelier B5 : "Interfaces Hommes / Machines : Quelles nouvelles interfaces pour nos séniors ? Brainstorm de Designers" lors des rencontres Mobilis 2008 (Belfort 18&19 nov 08). Intervenant : Jean-Paul Herlem (FAURECIA)
Mobilis 2008 - A4 : High Pressure Direct Injection of Natural GasMobilis Conférence
Support utilisé lors de l'atelier A4 "L’utilisation du GNV" lors des rencontres Mobilis 2008 (Belfort 18&19 nov 08). Intervenant : David Mumford (WESTPORT INNOVATIONS, Canada)
How to replace rails asset pipeline with webpack?Tomasz Bak
How to replace rails asset pipeline with webpack?
How to structure webpack.config.js?
What is NPM equivalent of ".ruby-version"?
What is NPM equivalent of "Gamefile.lock"?
A Multi-Layer Real Time Remote Monitoring & Corporate Network System For Viru...ijccsa
Corporations face a dangerous threat that existing security technologies do not adequately address, which includes malware, track ware and adware, describes any program that may track online and/or offline PC activity and locally saves or transmits those findings to third parties without user’s knowledge or consent. The same activities that make our employees efficient and productive doing research over the internet, sharing files, sending instant messages to customers and coworkers, and emailing status information while travelling are making our IT infrastructures vulnerable to mobile malicious code, Spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, phishing, and pharming. Gateway firewalls and antivirus software is no match for these new, virulent threats. To ensure the needed protection, organizations need to incorporate content level protection into their overall security strategies. As web-borne threats become more complex and virulent, companies must face the need to supplement their existing, traditional security measures. So, in this paper, we will highlight about our work which attempts to keep a real time track of each events of the client’s behavior inside a network.
International Journal on Cloud Computing: Services and Architecture (IJCCSA)ijccsa
As web-borne threats become more complex and virulent, companies must face the need to supplement their existing, traditional security measures. So, in this paper, we will highlight about our work which attempts to keep a real time track of each events of the client’s behavior inside a network.
The presentation about GateWall DNS Filter, Entensys' solution, which provides filetring of Internet websites without using any software or hardware proxy-servers or Internet-gateways. Via utilization of this product, the user increases Internet safety, lowers non-targeted traffic, and improves his work productivity on the Internet.
It’s not news that threats are growing across the IT security landscape. Today’s malware imposes significant business risks due to the highly organized nature of attacks – applications, web sites, and social networks are all subject to attacks and vulnerabilities. Hackers are highly organized professionals with vast networks who are able to precisely target an unsuspecting victim, including many small businesses and their employees. Users may not even realize his/her machine has been compromised for days, weeks, or even months due to the nature of these attacks. During this talk, Mark Villinski will examine what this means for business owners and what IT managers need to look for to stay on top of these threats.
Mark Villinski, Kaspersky
Mark Villinski brings more than 12 years of technology sales and marketing experience to Kaspersky. Mark leads Field Marketing efforts for the East Coast and is responsible for increasing awareness and demand for Kaspersky’s Open Space Security Produce Line. Prior to joining Kaspersky, Mark served as Director of Worldwide Channel Operations for Enterasys Networks, where he was responsible for the strategy and day-to- day operation of the Secure Advantage Partner Program. Prior to that role he held a number of channel and field marketing roles at Enterasys and Cabletron Systems. He started his high tech career in sales at Cabletron Systems.
Malicious software or “malware” is the biggest network security threat facing organizations today. Cybercriminals target enterprises that hold a great deal of money or conduct a high volume of transactions on a daily basis. A network intrusion can cost an organization as much as $5 million. And, the damage to a company’s reputation can be irreparable. Statistics show that if a major security breach occurs against a U.S. enterprise, that organization
has a 90 percent chance of going out of business within two years. This is particularly alarming considering that malware is currently the fastest growing trend in the misuse of network resources.
Puppetnets and Botnets: Information Technology Vulnerability Exploitsecarrow
The focus of this paper is to identify dominant trends of
information security threats to the Internet 2001 to 2007. This
paper is intended to provide an understanding of the new
emphasis of attacks through use of robotic networks and how
some users and organizations are already preparing a response
using innovative visualization techniques in conjunction with
traditional methods. The scope of research will focus on basic
enterprise level services that are commonly provided by various
corporations; e.g., e-mail, browser applications, wireless and
mobile devices, IP telephony, and online banking. The research
will first review the network infrastructure common to most
corporate organizations and assume basic enterprise components
and functionality in response to the current security threats. The
second emphasis will consider the impact of malware robotic
networks (Botnets and Puppetnets) on the corporate network
infrastructure and how to address these threats with new and
innovative techniques. This approach is pragmatic in application
and focuses on assimilation of existing data to present a
functional rationale of attacks to anticipate and prepare for this
coming year.
Many small and medium sized businesses are still unaware of the threats that exist. This guide to security threats for SMBs outlines the most common threats and how they can be dealt with.
Rothke Using Kazaa To Test Your Security PostureBen Rothke
An effective corporate information security policy will completely ban the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software,
such as Morpheus and Kazaa.
Risk Management of Email and Internet Use in the Workplace by John.docxhealdkathaleen
Risk Management of Email and Internet Use in the Workplace by John Ruhnka and Windham E. Loopesko from The Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.
Internet Use Policy
John Ruhnka, University of Colorado, Denver & Windham E. Loopesko, University of Colorado, Denver
4. OBJECTIVES OF CORPORATE INTERNET USE POLICIES
While preserving the confidentiality of internal operations, proprietary information and confidential client data, and avoiding legal liability from inadvertent, unauthorized or harmful acts of employees are primary goals for corporate email and internet use policies, they are not the only goals.
Corporations must also factor in other objectives not always consistent with limiting legal liability.
4.1 Reducing Lost Productivity
The concern among many businessmen from about 2000 was that allowing internet access in the workplace could result in a great increase in employee non-work activities. Available content on the internet has expanded far beyond TV fare since 2000 to include Facebook, streaming video and music sites, fantasy sports teams, on-line shopping, eBay, financial web sites and bank account access, news feeds, blogs and Twitter. Clearly, excessive employee non-work internet use during working hours can impose significant costs on a company; one source cites productivity loss as the top reason for instituting an “acceptable use policy” (AUP) for company email and internet (Smith, 2013).
Also, employee perceptions that “everyone” is engaging in non-work-related email and internet use can rapidly spread. However, employees increasingly reject the idea of strictly defined “work” and “non-work” hours, believing they can be more productive engaging in company business at any time and from any place–on devices that they choose.
4.2 Protecting Tangible and Intangible Assets
Increasingly sophisticated hackers are constantly developing tools to penetrate corporate networks–almost always to the potential detriment of the company and its clients. They may be working for criminal enterprises, or for competitors or foreign governments, but their goal is the same–to gather as much valuable information for as long as possible. Citibank and Sony are only two of the largest and best-known victims of such attacks. Email remains the most popular way to introduce malware into corporate networks (Cisco, 2013).
4.3 Controlling Internet Costs
Many non-business internet uses (e.g., streaming video, movies and music downloads, and internet music and television feeds) are “bandwidth hogs”. While these applications may not directly cost the corporation, their cumulative use can easily consume a substantial portion of a corporation’s available bandwidth, which can require major expenses to expand the corporation’s network capabilities.
4.4 Attracting Talented Employees
If human capital is a company’s most valuable asset, avoiding unnecessary barriers to a ...
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
1. Employee Web Use and Misuse:
Companies, their employees and the Internet
A MessageLabs Whitepaper; October 08
2. MessageLabs Internet Use and Misuse Web misuse can have serious implications for
your business:
Web Security Where do you draw the line? Is it okay to send the
occasional personal email at work? What about • Reduced productivity. If employees spend their
service gives a little internet shopping or spending sometime time on a social networking sites such as Facebook,
on social networking sites, playing online games, they’re not spending it doing their job.
companies downloading pirated movies and music, gambling
or downloading porn? The internet has created • Security problems. Malware hides on websites
the ability to new opportunities for mischief and new challenges and can install itself as users browse infected pages.
for managers. MessageLabs Intelligence reports that the number
monitor and of new, malicious websites blocked each day by
MessageLabs nearly doubled (91 percent) in just
enforce their Worldwide worries one month with 3,968 new sites intercepted daily.2
internet usage In today’s office enviornment, employers have a
• Legal risks. When users download inappropriate
relatively new issue to deal with; employees
material to their computers other employees may
policies. wasting time online and putting your business at take serious offense which in turn can create legal
risk. A large proportion of corporate web traffic liabilities for managers.
is non-work related: gambling, music downloads,
personal webmail, social networking and even • Wasted bandwidth. Internet connections cost
pornography sites. money. If half your bandwidth is taken up with
non-work relatd web traffic, you could potentially
According The ePolicy Institute, of the 30% of be paying twice as much as you need to and your
bosses who terminated employees for web violations business-critical communications could be running
in 2007, 84% cited the viewing, downloading or at half their speed capacity.
uploading of pornography and otherwise offensive
or inappropriate material as the reason.1 • Unlicensed software. When users download and
install software from the internet, they create a legal
risk. Software piracy is illegal. If an organization
uses illegal copies of software, it may face a civil
suit and company directors risk criminal penalties.
Unwanted websites
• Reputation risk. Social networking can create
MessageLabs protects thousands of businesses opportunities for employees to leak confidential
from inappropriate web use. Blocked sites fall information or spread damaging rumors online.
into the following categories: Bad behavior by a single employee can reflect on
the reputation of the whole organization.
Categories Most Blocked Sites
Advertisements & popups 44.5% Blocking non-business internet
Chat 28.3% access
In the face of all these problems, many managers’
Streaming media 4.7%
first reaction might be to block all employee access
Unclassified 4.0% to the internet.
Games 3.2% It makes sense to block certain sites outright.
Downloads 2.0% Pornography sites are an obvious example, but most
companies may also consider gambling and game sites
Personals and dating 1.9% as utterly unrelated to work, potentially time-wasting and
block them as well. Ninety-six percent of employers
Adult/sexually explicit 1.8%
who block web access are concerned about employees
Web-based email 1.7% visting adult sites with sexual content. Companies also
use URL blocks to stop users from visiting game sites
Blogs and forums 1.2% (61%), social networking sites (50%), entertainment
Source: MessageLabs Intelligence, July 2008
sites (27%) ; sports sites (21%) and external blogs
(18%) according to the 2007 Electronic Monitoring
& Surveillance Survey from American Management
Association and The ePolicy Institute.3
1 NotJust Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies ; Author Nancy Flynn, Director, The ePolicy Institute
2 MessageLabs Intelligence Report July 2008: www. Messagelabs.com/resources/mlireports
3 2007 Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance Survey from American Management Association and The ePolicy Institute. Survey results available at www.epolicyinstitute.com
2 WHITEPAPER: Employee Internet Use and Misuse: Companies, their employees and the Internet
3. However, completely blocking internet access may not
be the right approach for your business.
When thinking about employee internet access and
your company’s well-being, consider the following:
MessageLabs
service brings
• Do I have a solution in place that can effectively
Monitoring employee behavior online block web-born malware, viruses and spyware? site monitoring
Monitoring inappropriate use may seem to be the
lesser of two evils compared with blocking access to
• Does my solution allow me to create web and URL filtering
filtering and monitoring rules for different groups
large parts of the internet. Having blocked the worst
websites, you may wish to trust your employees’
or employees? How flexible is my solution? together with
judgement. You may want to allow employees • Have I clearly defined a written Web Acceptable industry leading
access to social networking sites if it means that Usage Policy?
they can organize their social life without spending anti-virus and
hours on the phone. You might also allow people In the end, it comes down to choice. Where do you
to shop online if it saves them time and lets them draw the line? How do you balance individual access anti-spyware
achieve a better work-life balance. with the overall protection and good of the business?
What is the correct balance between monitoring and
protection.
Keep in mind, when you decide to allow employees blocking? There is no right answer. It varies from
access to the internet, it is in your best interest company to company. But there is, perhaps, a right
to ensure that they are aware of the laws around way to go about it.
electronic communications in the workplace. The
federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act
(ECPA) makes it clear that a company-provided Our Solution: MessageLabs Web
computer system is the property of the employer.
U.S. employers have the legal right to monitor all
Security Service
employee computer activity, transmissions and Because the MessageLabs service operates in
content- including incoming, outgoing and internal the company’s network of data centers, there is no
email messages, as well as web surfing, downloads hardware to buy, no hefty up-front capital costs, no
and uploads. Making sure your employees are ongoing upgrades or maintenance and no software
aware of the laws surrounding internet usage may licences; just a predictable per-user fee.
encourage them to use better judgement when
surfing the net. From a single portal, managers can set up policies
– blocking sites individually or by category. They can
also set different policies for different types of users.
Policy matters The same ClientNet portal gives managers detailed
It’s clear that blocking or monitoring web use requires reports on internet use in their company. In addition
careful thought. Any decision needs to be backed up to policy management, Skeptic™ technology gives
by a clear, acceptable usage policy for the internet. MessageLabs a unique – and powerful – way to
The MessageLabs sponsored whitepaper, Not Just protect its clients against web-born malware. When
Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable your employees ask for a web page, the request goes
Usage Policies (AUP), written by The ePolicy through our system first so we can scan the page for
Institute, is a good resource to help determine what malware and check it against your company policies.
should be covered in your AUP.
The MessageLabs Web Security service gives
Each company has its own ethos. Some managers companies the ability to monitor and enforce
may take a more laissez-faire approach while others their internet usage policies; whether they are
want to lock everything down. Some people need full very restrictive or very liberal, whether they favor
access to the web and companies may wish to give monitoring or blocking. MessageLabs service brings
some departments or individuals more latitude than site monitoring and URL filtering together with industry
others. A good example is your Human Resources leading anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. As
department who might use Facebook or Linkedin for the world wide web becomes an increasingly more
recruiting purposes. The use of social networking important business tool, companies need the best
sites may be suitable in that capacity, but your possible solution to help protect their computer
Finance department may not have a work-related systems, their reputation and their employees.
use for such sites. MessageLabs delivers those tools.
For more informaiton or to sign up for a FREE Trial,
please visit www.messagelabs.com/trials/free_web.
4 Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies ; Author Nancy Flynn, Director, The ePolicy Institute
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