[AusNOG] Monitoring users usage outside of office network

[Martin Hepworth]

Websense do a hosted version of their product that works well for remote
workers
PaloAltoNetworks also have a product for remote workers which can  report
into a central mgmt interface

Martin

On Wednesday, 22 August 2012, Paul Gear wrote:

>  On 08/22/2012 02:05 PM, Eric Pinkerton wrote:
>
>  FWIW I’m in complete agreement with Lincoln and Tim.  Whilst such a
> solution is technically possible, you do have to ask what problem are they
> trying to solve, and if there are better ways to accomplish this.
>
> Show me a company that has an Orwellian internet monitoring policy, and I
> will show you their employees badmouthing them  via Facebook from a
> smartphone in a toilet cubicle!
>
> Are they prepared to build a faraday cage around their toilets?
>
>
> Not to disagree with the sentiments of Eric, Lincoln, and Tim, but there
> might be non-Orwellian reasons for monitoring Internet usage, e.g.
> optimising particular sites for your staff's use, compliance, data loss
> detection/prevention, etc.
>
> Paul
>
>

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Martin Hepworth, CISSP
Oxford, UK
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