Content Monitoring
With the Internet, email services and instant messaging at the fingertips of most employees, a different set of risks have been brought to the forefront of network managers and company owners alike.
Various high profile cases including employee disciplinaries and subsequent tribunals have emphasised the need for a company policy to clarify what is deemed to be 'acceptable use'.
In most cases with clients that we have worked with, formulating and adopting an 'Acceptable Use Policy' for our clients has proved to be sufficient to ensure that each staff member understands the boundaries of usage and also the consequences of overstepping these boundaries.
However, as regulations get tighter - especially in legal and financial institutions, governing bodies are more frequently demanding proof that organisations have control over:-
- Web activity, what pages are being viewed and for how long
- Email content, control over what is being said or sent via email communication
- Instant Messenger, an easy and instant way to communicate but also to send and receive documents and files and traditionally hard to monitor
Greencorn offer advice on the right management product for you, which could be a software application or network attached appliance. We can provide sample 'Acceptable Use Policies' and work closely with you to ensure that inappropriate Web usage, including streaming media, file downloads, pornography, and copyright violations are eradicated.
