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No need to be Big Brother--be Little Brother instead

Insiders remain a top security concern for the enterprise, and the tools available to keep an eye on them to protect company data are plentiful. While you have to monitor employee activity to be able

Is it a crime to glance at the weather forecast at work?

One of the tools corporations use to go after employees and former employees for hacking into the network is poised for change. Lawmakers are considering updating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act so

Should you be the cop on the compliance beat?

Should CIOs have to be unquestioning players in tracking employees for the purposes of compliance? As Michael Schrage, a research fellow at MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business, notes, the

Tools that let workers know they're being watched

It's no longer necessary to use stealthy spyware to keep tabs on employees' computer use. Now you can install a variety of cloud-based, time-tracking programs that let workers monitor their own

Public servant in Australia fired for viewing pornography at home

A public servant in Australia with 25 years of service was fired after looking at pornography at home and after office hours. Apparently, software setup by the IT department from the Commonwealth

Some IT pros uneasy about employee monitoring

Spying on colleagues hasn't traditionally been a main component of the IT professional's job, but by some estimates tracking staff online behavior is now taking up 20 percent of the typical IT