The Optrics Insider

Securing today’s Internet requires more than simple Web filtering. Web 2.0 applications, real-time communications and the world of social networking present additional security challenges – spyware, rootkits, information leakage, and non-compliance with regulatory and e-discovery requirements.

The Internet has changed. Employee initiated traffic is no longer just e-mail and Web browsing. The new Internet is dominated by Web 2.0 apps, instant messaging, social networking, P2P file sharing, VoIP and other collaborative applications.

Employees – especially the new generation of workers – often introduce these consumer-oriented applications onto the corporate network. Some are used to socialize, others to gain efficiencies in the workplace, but they all circumvent existing security infrastructure making it difficult for IT to gain visibility and control.