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Security Fears Prod Many Firms To Limit Staff Use of Web Services
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:59:47 -0500
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114369288512912073.html?mod=technology_featu red_stories_hs Security Fears Prod Many Firms To Limit Staff Use of Web Services By SHAWN YOUNG March 30, 2006; Page A1 Companies are clamping down on employees' workplace use of the expanding range of free Internet services, such as instant messaging and video downloading, to protect themselves from viruses, communications traffic jams and regulatory missteps. General Electric Co. has barred outside instant-messaging and file-sharing programs, as well as access to personal online email accounts like those offered by Yahoo Inc. Telecom company Global Crossing Ltd. also blocks outside instant messaging and online email accounts. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is one of many banks that blocks Internet services it can't track or monitor, including outside instant-messaging, phone and email programs. Another big bank, ABN Amro Holdings NV of the Netherlands, also bans many consumer-communications technologies, including Skype, the Internet phone service owned by eBay Inc. (See related article.) "I'm not allowing Skype because I don't know what it does," says Bill Rocholl, global head of strategy and engineering for ABN Amro's telecommunications and network services. ... Some companies worry the new services will overwhelm their networks with unwanted traffic. Others are primarily concerned about security or their ability to track workplace communications, especially in industries like financial services, where regular monitoring is required by regulators. Instant messages from the outside, for example, often aren't logged and archived the way email is, creating a potential backdoor for illicit communications or breaches of client privacy. ... _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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