|
|
Historically, the main risk organizations face as a result of their employees having access to the Internet are from inappropriate content. Web sites with pornographic, racist, violent or hostile subject matter can have serious consequences when accessed by employees at work. Online gambling sites provide opportunities for employees to waste your time and their money. Video streaming sites like YouTube not only waste time, they consume massive amounts of bandwidth, causing important business applications to slow to a crawl. Even relatively benign sites such as those that offer shopping or music downloads can have risks associated with them. On the whole, the serious consequences of this sort of unmanaged Web access are well-understood by most organizations:
- Employees downloading content from inappropriate sites, resulting in damaged morale and lawsuits
- Lost productivity from employees visiting inappropriate sites or other non-work related sites
- Bandwidth drain due to large mp3-type or video files being downloaded
Employee Internet abuse is not going away. According to a recent poll by the Computer Security Institute, 78 percent of companies surveyed reported employee abuse of Internet privileges.
> Security Breaches
> Legal Liability
> Productivity Loss
> Anti-Virus
|
|
|
