Security: Managing Instant Messaging and E-Mail Threats in the Workplace
‘Unmanaged instant messaging is becoming a major problem in the workplace, security experts warn. According to Francis Costello, chief marketing officer for Akonix Systems, a provider of software to manage instant messaging and e-mail, 80 to 90 percent of all companies have some instant messaging in use by employees.
Security risks from instant messaging networks and spam-clogged e-mail inboxes ar forcing corporations to finds ways to either limit employee access or clamp down wit improved security
Financial firms have an added burden. They must treat instant messages the same as e-mail communication and ensure that workers comply with federal security regulations. Companies that do not have monitoring software in place and rules for employees’ use of instant messaging are flirting with security disaster.’
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