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Reduce Risk With Internet Filtering For Business
By Terry
The internet is a powerful tool for any business but with it comes with some security issues. The need for company's to both control and monitor internet usage is just a fact of doing business on the internet. You can reduce risk with internet filtering for business.
Statistics show that as much as 40% of Internet use at work is not related to actual work issues. Of course no one should be surprised by this. But this might surprise you. Did you know that as many as 85% of employee computers have as many as 40 Spyware programs on them. On average companies will incur more than $6500 per year/per employee in lost productivity due to abuse of the internet. Other stats show that as many as 75% of employees are actually downloading music or participating in other types of downloads which erodes bandwidth leaving your company more vulnerable to attacks by Malware. So is internet filtering for business something you should be looking into? The answer is emphatically yes!
As unsettling as these stats may sound it simply comes down to the need for business to manage their internet usage and that starts with a baseline for internet access, which can be provided with internet filtering. But how do you decide between filtering or dedicated filtering devices?
Both types of filtering will offer you standard functionality monitoring internet activity, blocking access to certain sites, and automatically enforcing your company's acceptable usage policy guidelines' while reporting any inappropriate usage to your IT department. However, if you take time to look a little closer you will discover that there are some excellent reasons to consider appliance based solutions over based solutions.
Here is just a short list of the advantages of a filtering device over installation of filtering software.
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