Email snooping on the rise

More companies than ever are reading employee email--or hiring consultants to do such a task--as a way to shore up security and protect data. A new survey by Proofpoint Inc., and Forrester Research reports that one third of companies are spending bucks to snoop into email to reduce risk levels on both a legal and regulatory front. The survey also notes that more than a third of the companies surveyed admit that business has been impacted by the exposure of embarrassing information in the past year. Yet the top reason for the email surveillance is protecting customer and client data.

For more on email surveillance efforts:
- read this article at CNN