https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227556/Gartner_sees_huge_rise_in_corporate_social_media_monitoring By Grant Gross IDG News Service May 29, 2012 Corporations are starting to embrace technologies used to monitor employee Internet use, with 60% expected to watch workers' social media use for security breaches by 2015, according to a new report from Gartner. Less than 10% of companies now monitor their employees' use of Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and other social media sites for security breaches, although many companies monitor social media for brand management and marketing purposes, said the report, released Tuesday. New technologies and services are enabling the growth in employee monitoring, but companies will need to closely manage their monitoring efforts for ethical and legal issues, Andrew Walls, research vice president at Gartner, wrote in the report. Monitoring can help companies avoid security problems such as employees posting unauthorized videos of company activities, Walls wrote. However, "there are other times when accessing the information can generate serious liabilities, such as a manager reviewing an employee's Facebook profile to determine the employee's religion or sexual orientation in violation of equal employment opportunity and privacy regulations," he wrote. [...] -- Help InfoSec News with a Donation http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Thu May 31 2012 - 02:20:18 PDT
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