SPOTLIGHT: Email infractions end in employee firings

Right on the heels of recent news about how companies are snooping on employee email comes a survey that the snooping is resulting in more staff firings. A survey by Proofpoint, a messaging vendor, found that one in three large enterprises have dumped an employee for breaking email policy. About half the companies acknowledge reprimanding employees for policy infractions. Seven percent of companies polled have fired employees for improper blogging. Experts say the rising number of companies taking action on such employee behavior indicates the growing concern over email and employee communications use. Article