As an eminent opponent against excessive Internet blocking and filtering it was a delight to read Clearswift’s (network security vendor and WebSpy technology partner) latest research report outlining the impact of social media and Web 2.0 in today’s workplace.
Posts Tagged ‘internet blocking’
New Study Unveils – Employee Access to Internet more Important than Salary or Title
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
No More Beaver Thanks to Blocking
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Lo and behold, not only is excessive internet blocking bad for employee morale and productivity – It also forces iconic Canadian history magazine to change name…
Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Ho, Ho, How will it Affect your Workplace?
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Tis should be the season to be jolly but it looks like employers have reasons to watch out, and maybe even cry, all because Santa Claus is coming to town.
Gallup has reported that Christmas spending intentions are currently down, compared to last year. Americans are planning to spend an average of $740 on gifts this year; somewhat less than the $801 recorded the same time last year.
Despite this monetary shopping decrease there are no sign that there will be a decrease in the amount of time spent shopping online. According to ISACA, a non-profit association of 86,000 IT professionals, employees plan to spend nearly two full working days (14.4 hours) on average shopping online from a work computer this holiday season.
How to Improve Public Proxy Management and Control
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Using public proxies generally involves browsing to a public proxy website to request access to another site, usually blocked or prohibited by organizational policy. When accessing sites in this fashion, firewalls, filtering devices and monitoring solutions are only aware that an employee, or student, has accessed the public proxy site, and not the actual end target site.
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How to Educate your Workforce and Strengthen Security with Internet Monitoring
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Today I received a phone call from one of our clients who had read my previous blog: “How to Benefit from Monitoring Good Web Activity”. This blog is focused on how you can benefit from monitoring internet activity that is not generally perceived as bad, or unproductive. The client, a network administrator at a large government department, wanted to share his experience from such a monitoring situation.
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