www.wegoodinfo.com/internet-filtering – Internet Filtering In 2001 60.7% of employees stated that they visit web sites for personal use with 51% of employees spending time checking email, online chat, shopping and checking their finances. Using working time to browse Internet sites for personal use takes away productivity and uses up company bandwidth when things are downloaded. The way in which this works is web site requests are sent through filtering software. Filtering software works in conjunction with a master database of approximately three or four million web sites. These websites all contain content that is deemed unsuitable for the workplace. These sites include adult sites, gambling and the downloading of mp3′s as well as stopping the ability to shop online. New sites are added to this database daily so that as the Internet grows your web filtering software stays up-to-date with the latest sites that need to be restricted from working hours. Site blocking/content filtering only focuses on HTTP based web traffic, leaving other applications such as instant messaging and email as a continuing security risk and a waste of employee time. When it comes to web filtering there is often a lot of controversy surrounding it as many people disprove of filtering moral and political view points. In the case of stopping employees getting on to certain sites it is done so that employees will get on with their work rather than wasting company time browsing sites that have …

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