Organizations should Block Consumer Instant Messaging
‘Organizations that use instant messaging applications should block consumer IMs, according to a report issued by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
NASCIO released the report this month identifying potential IM security holes within state governments. While the document, “TLK2UL8R: The Privacy Implications of Instant and Text Messaging Technologies in State Government,” indicates that IM can improve office communications, the authors say instant messages face the same issues as e-mail: privacy of users’ personal information; viruses; and electronic records management.
Among the group’s recommendations were blocking consumer services for IM, providing guidelines for enterprise uses and findings ways to archive IM conversations’
Read more at NASCIO: Keep IM on enterprise
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