Employees open up security risks as they chat online up to 23 times per day
‘Employees going online to chat are opening up potential security risks for their companies. ScanSafe’s latest Web Security Report for the second half of 2005, highlights the growing trend of computer users turning to the Web to use Instant Messaging, Web messengers and chat rooms to communicate with friends, family and colleagues.
Figures from ScanSafe customers using its Web filtering technology, show that blocks per user in the chat category have increased dramatically in recent months, from an average of 100 blocks per user in June to over 700 per user in November, an average of 23 times per day. This means that not only are greater and greater numbers of people choosing to go online to visit chat rooms, but that companies are starting to recognise the potential risks and are making the decision to ban its use in the workplace.’
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