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There are some places on the Internet that your employees have no business visiting while at work. Surfing the Internet can be like swimming in shark infested waters. It’s pretty simple. Don’t go in the water if you don’t want to get attacked. As a business owner, it’s your responsibility to keep your employees out of shark infested waters and to protect your assets.
This can easily be accomplished by filtering the Internet content your employees can access. Small and medium sized businesses have become the number one target for cyber criminals. Large organizations have dedicated IT staff and have the required resources to ‘lock down’ their network. The level of security that smaller organizations have in place is no longer enough.
It’s important to protect your business as effectively and efficiently as possible. Blocking questionable websites in a business environment adds extra security, minimizes risk, and protects your business from legal liability issues. CyberPatrol’s Internet filtering technology lets small to medium sized businesses easily stop access to bad web sites at a price you can afford.
FACT: 1 of 3 workers visit social networking sites during the work day
Some of the most popular sites on the Internet today include social network sites, which can easily expose your company to malicious code that can infect and disable company computers.
FACT: 1 of 4 employees that use the Internet at work view pornography
There is a wide range of inappropriate content available online. Employees have no business viewing this at work. This activity can expose your company to liability issues as well as expose computers to harmful malicious code.
FACT: 6 of 10 workers use the Internet for non-work related purposes
If your employees download illegal content to company computers, you the business owner, can and will be held liable and face expensive lawsuits. As a business owner you are responsible for protecting your assets.
There are numerous online resources that provide additional information on securing your business environment. Numerous agencies and organizationsprovide valuable information for business owners. Other online resources can provide you with technical guidance.
Security Resources for Business Owners
SANS Institute: http://www.sans.org/
National Institute of Standards and Technology: http://www.nist.gov/
Internet Security Alliance http://www.isalliance.org/
Information Systems Audit and Control Association http://www.isaca.org/
Information Systems Security Organization http://www.issa.org/
Computer Security Institute (CSI) http://www.gocsi.com/
Incidents.org http://www.incidents.org/
The Internet Engineering Task Force http://www.ietf.org/
Center for Internet Security (CIS) www.cisecurity.org
Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) www.ccianet.org
Information Technology Association of America http://www.itaa.org/
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) http://www.cert.org/
InfraGard/FBI http://www.infragard.net/
U.S. Department of Justice/Cybercrime http://www.cybercrime.gov/
Technical Resources for Business Owners
MIS Training Institute http://www.misti.com/
Network Security Portal http://www.infosyssec.com/
Security Specific Information Resource http://www.searchsecurity.com/
Network Security Portal http://www.securitynewsportal.com/
CNET's Internet Security Glossary http://cnet.bitpipe.com
The Encyclopedia of Computer Security http://www.itsecurity.com/
Sans Institute Security Glossary http://www.sans.org/resources/glossary.php
TechTarget's Network Security Glossary http://whatis.techtarget.com
TechWeb Encyclopedia http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/