Business Internet Abuse
June 15, 2010
Employee Internet abuse costs an estimated four billion dollars in lost work productivity each year. Surveys reveal that 1 in 5 employees view online pornography at work and that 70% of adult web sites are hit between the hours of 9-5.
Not only do employees surf sex sites but they also visit sport sites, bid on eBay, trade stocks, shop online, and send tasteless jokes to coworkers. This type of misuse not only hurts employee job performance but increases threats to information security and drains valuable network resources. To prevent such abuses, firms institute employee Internet use policies, but often workers do not comply with policies and may actively try to circumvent filters and firewalls that block unwanted Internet access.
Companies also are at risk for harassment claims due to sexually or racially discriminatory email sent through corporate networks.
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