ITBusinessEdge: Should You Be Filtering Web Access In Your Office?
Employees using company computers to fritter away time when they’re supposed to be working can be a major productivity sapper. Filtering access is one way to eliminate the problem and also help secure your network.
“A recent eWEEK article on the use of Web filtering caught my attention, which debated the merits and motivation behind Web filtering at the workplace. Essentially, I like what Don E. Sears wrote when he summed up the prevalent rationale in the pro-filtering camp:
‘The desire to boost employee productivity during a long-term recession coupled with the preventive management of real and dangerous threats have forced some companies to restrict, monitor and block specific Websites.’
On top of this, Sears noted that unrelated activities such as accessing YouTube and shopping online in the office also eat up bandwidth and hurt productivity.”