There is less smut flowing into corporate networks, and its largely
because users are starting to smarten up.
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MessageLabs, Inc., a managed email security provider based in New York,
reports that the flood of pornographic images, whether theyre tied to
off-color jokes, e-cards or material from porn sites, is ebbing. And
analysts there say its because employees are more aware today that the
IT department is keeping an eye on content coming into and going out of
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But the same analyst is concerned the lesson could quickly fade from
memory and the tide of smut could pick up again.
There is less smut going into inboxes, but were not talking about
spam, says Natasha Staley, an information security analyst with
MessageLabs. This is about employees sending or receiving solicited
images. Its pornography that theyve asked for... You often have a
group of employees sending pornographic images back and forth amongst
themselves.
And those pornographic images open up a Pandoras Box of problems for
the companys legal department as well as the IT department. Staley
explains that executives have to worry about improper use of the network
and protecting their bandwidth, but they also have to worry about an
image on someones computer screen creating a hostile working
environment and the legal issues that could ensue.
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The good news is that theres less smut floating around those networks
today.
MessageLabs study shows that between March and August, they filtered
out one pornographic or otherwise inappropriate email for every 4,756
messages sent through the companys service. In the same period last
year, however, the ratio was one in 1,357.
Employees are becoming more aware that their employers are keeping an
eye on them, so theyre asking for less porn to be sent to them, says
Staley. The switch in attitude has been quite dramatic. I just dont
think you can get away with that kind of thing now so people are keeping
a closer eye on what they send and ask for.
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Staley also notes that IT administrators can look for patterns of
behavior. If an employee is caught receiving a pornographic e-card, the
ramifications will be less drastic than if it can be shown that he
repeatedly has porn sent to him at work and then shares it with his
co-workers. Workers generally are fired for having racist, sexist or
pornographic material on a company network.
But Staley warns that IT administrators shouldnt let up their guard.
Id sound a note of caution that just because weve seen a drop, it
wont necessarily be sustained, she adds. It could be a knee-jerk
reaction. People have this in their minds, but then they forget and they
become complacent and you see it popping up again. I dont think the
problem will go away. This could be a temporary blip. I dont know if it
will be a sustained trend.
To sustain the drop in smut, Staley advises IT execs to continue
monitoring the network, and to keep educating their users about the fact
that they are being monitored and why its important to keep porn off
the network. But she also advises them not to be too iron-handed in
their approach.
Dont be too Draconian in the measures you implement, Staley says.
At Christmas time, maybe its not a big deal that people are sending
electronic greeting cards. But people need to know where you draw the
line. Get them involved about why this is important. That will help you
get the message across.
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