With a clear and concise Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), your organization establishes rules on how resources such as the Internet are to be used. As Internet-based threats have grown over the years, so has the risk of legal liability. It's no longer a game of controlling only one kind of communication (HTTP traffic), because now there are more ways to connect your employees with the world outside your network. This has given rise to growing legal concerns - enough to warrant state and federal legislation requiring compliance.
You could be contending with external forces luring users to less than acceptable behavior coupled with Internet abuse from inside your organization. Your risk of liability has consequences extending from the financial losses of legal fees and fines to the sting of negative publicity and/or scandal, which can last indefinitely. The iPrism dedicated Internet filtering appliance is a powerful and reliable solution that allows you to protect your organization from both internal and external risks of liability across the rapidly evolving world of Internet-based threats.
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Non-Business Related Surfing |
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| • | Access to offensive or illegal content, even if isolated, can easily precipitate costly and public lawsuits |
| • | Most fringe sites that offer illegal or offensive content also deliver spyware or adware applications. Even if the offending user logs off, the machine can start delivering offensive popups to others that log in |
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| Instant Messaging (IM) |
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| • | IM is an excellent communication tool, but communicating sensitive and confidential information to unauthorized sources can have devastating consequences for your organization |
| • | IM is a simple way to bypass your AUP. Users might have to work a little harder to gain access, but it's still available |
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| Spyware and Malware |
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| • | Most state/federal compliance legislation puts a steep price on the failure to protect customers, patients, users, data, etc. All it takes is one keylogger to provide an outside source with the login and password to your systems for your legal headaches to begin |
| • | Browser hijackers can easily send unsuspecting users to sites containing inapropriate content - a particularly dangerous liability risk for organizations that serve minors |
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| Peer-to-Peer |
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| • | If users are using P2P networks to store and traffic copyright software or media, your organization is responsible for their actions |
| • | If you are subject to state/federal legislation that requires you to be compliant with securing your customer, patient, user, etc. data from being exploited, P2P networking represents a huge liability as it allows external agents a direct route into your network where they can commit cyber vandalism or theft |
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