Sharp rise in Facebook and Twitter blocking at work
September 6, 2011 by admin
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Clearswift said employees expected access to social networking in return for
agreeing to modern working practices such as working from home,
out-of-hours, or during their commute.
A separate survey by Protiviti, a consultancy firm, found that most employees
do not view their social networking activity as a security risk. Only 17 per
cent said websites such as Facebook and LinkedIn pose a major risk to
corporate security, in contrast to managers.
“The big challenge for organisations is that public and private use of social
networking sites has blurred,” said Jonathan Wyatt, managing director of
Protiviti.
“On one hand, employees are using social networking tools for managing
activities in their private life – but accessing these tools from corporate
systems. On the other hand, employees are being asked to carry out specific
tasks relating to work via the same social networks.”
