Who’s on MySpace™ on YOUR time?
Stop
your employees from unauthorized Internet use!
By Tina Nelson
You can’t be at the
office 24 hours a day (although,
sometimes it feels like it) and you can’t always see what your employees are
browsing on the Internet, even when you are there. In addition to unauthorized web use equating a theft of the time
you are paying them for, there is the huge risk of picking up mostly annoying,
but sometimes fatal viruses from even innocent-seeming sites.
Consider one true story about a small office in a Southwestern state: Because space was tight in their cozy
workplace, the file server had to be located in an area where two employees
sometimes worked, together. Up until
the time the server was installed, the two employees shared one computer. Unfortunately, they considered the
cool-looking new machine to be ‘just another work station’. They subsequently killed that file server
with a nasty virus picked up from checking social networking sites while the
phones were slow. Yes. They used their file server to surf the
web. This cost the company owner
substantial cost and downtime, which equaled loss of productivity.
Not to mention the fact that
company owners wish bored employees would clean the windows, instead of surfing
the web when they feel they have nothing else to do around the office.
But how do you reconcile these
distractions with your need for the Internet in your office?
Let me explain how other people have handled this dilemma: They installed a custom-configured SonicWALL™
router. It has become a very simple way
for company owners to let employees know where they can and cannot go on the
Internet while they are on the company owners’ dimes.
Since the art of it is in the configuration, Eddie Nelson spent time, money, and brainpower
to become certified on a SonicWALL™ router.
He’s not only a papered Certified SonicWALL™ Security Administrator, but
Eddie really understands the concept of securely locking down an office in a real
life scenario.
You can reach Eddie* at 865-654-4282 and talk to him about easily getting
your own little corner of peace of mind.
Eddie Nelson, C.S.S.A. since February 2009
*References and testimonials available at