Network content monitoring and capturing software firm Chronicle Solutions will be unveiling the results of an in-depth survey into Acceptable Usage Policies (AUP) at the leading Information Security event, Infosecurity Europe 2007, taking place on the 24 ñ 26 April 2007 in the Grand Hall, Olympia, London.
According to the findings more than 30% of respondents said they did not have an acceptable use policy (AUP) for the internet at work, and of those who did, 94% said they had not read it recently. A full 42% said they had not read it in the last year, whilst 33% could not recall when they had seen it last.
Perhaps most interestingly blogging appears to have slipped from anyoneís list of proscribed online activities in the workplace. Literally no one surveyed indicated blogging as an Internet activity banned or even covered by their employerís AUP.
The survey also found that less than 5% of AUPs cover P2P file sharing, and that only 33% of employers ask new hires to read, agree and then sign off on the company acceptable use policy when they join. Astoundingly, the survey also showed that a massive 80% of respondents arenít certain if there are penalties for breaching their companyís AUP.
Chronicle Solutions will showcase its flagship product, netReplay, an enterprise-class Network Content Recorder, which unlike competing solutions monitors all user communications traversing company networks, in real-time and not only logs urls visited, but logs all activity once there.
Chronicle Solutions will also give a sneak preview of netReplayís groundbreaking new network visualisation tool, which allows managers to quickly identify Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) violations and likely sources of information leakage.
Alan Watkins, Chronicle Solutionsí Executive Chairman will be at the stand to discuss the solution and related issues such as compliance, security risks, Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) issues, policy and best practice, education of workforce, and employee rights vs. company obligations.
Confusion over Internet use in the workplace
Chronicle Solutions Unveils Findings at Infosecurity Europe 2007 ñ Stand G200
