The dangers of desktop search programs

Desktop search is the latest tech rage. Every major vendor is pushing a free tool at PC users, who are eager to locate scattered data files on their systems. Unfortunately, these search engines also let the user gather information across corporate networks and PC farms, putting valuable data and security at risk. For some IT leaders the answer is simple--a complete lockdown thwarting users from downloading such applications. Others are taking the policy route and trying to educate users about the applications' potential danger. The biggest mistake, say experts, is for IT to do nothing about the growing problem.

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- read this article at NetworkWorld