Small to large global enterprises rely on the Internet for efficient access to information and resources. As a result, companies are faced with many challenges relating to managing the risks to in-house networks and data. The risks can be classified in four categories:
1. attacks to data and the network,
2. abuses and inappropriate use of resources by authorized users,
3. legal liabilities based on recent legislation requiring network managers to provide safe and appropriate environments for all network users,
4. the ability to efficiently administer networks. Some threats fall into
multiple risk categories.
Impacted employee productivity
Restricting access to inappropriate Web sites helps companies prevent excessive non-productive Web surfing and preserves network bandwidth. According to a recent survey, employees report:
16% have knowingly surfed pornography sites at work at least once
40% have seen co-workers surf pornography sites
32% have seen co-workers surf gambling sites
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