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Colm Doherty - ArticlesThis article was written by Colm Doherty of Pixalert - Data Loss Prevention | Block Porn | Email Monitoring Solution | Data Leakage Prevention | Porn at Work. PixAlert is the market leader in products and services that provide detection of critical data for corporations. The Irish Company Monitor FAQWhat does The Irish company Monitor do?
The Irish company Monitor is designed to monitor images being viewed on a PC or Laptop and provides multisource image detection and analysis. The Irish company Monitor is deployed as an agent from a central administration console to the Desktop environment within an organisation... SafeScreen FAQWhat does SafeScreen do?
SafeScreen is designed to monitor images being viewed on a PC or Laptop and provides multi-source image detection, analysis and prevention. SafeScreen runs on computer start-up monitors and report on the images being viewed, and depending upon the product configuration, will prevent inappropriate and illicit images being... An Irish Company Human ResourcesDept FAQ What if I have an AUP policy regarding illegal images should I still communicate the introduction of auditing and monitoring software?
While such software products are tools for detecting the presence of obscene or illegal images, their long term value lies in their potential as a preventative mechanism deterring... False Positives. Targeting Accurate Illicit Images DetectionWhen discussing inappropriate image detection, the most common question posed is "What about false positives?". In this article, an Irish company explains the issue of false positives in simple terms.
What is a false positive?
One definition of a False Positive is: "A positive test result in a subject that does not... No Nudes is Good NewsRecent statistics collated during 60 corporate audits undertaken by an Irish company between June and September 2006, found that 31.2% of the 5,000 PCs scanned contained digital pornography or other inappropriate images, 8% of the 5,000 email server accounts and 4.5% of 10,000 file server shares scanned were similarly affected.... Data Loss and Privacy Risk - A Top Priority in 2008Introduction
The loss of a laptop containing medical records for 5,000 people was just one of a drip-feed of data privacy breach news stories in the past year. Public sector incidents alone led to over 37 million UK citizens having their personal data lost or stolen.
The leakage of 25 million child... Porn Images and the Public SectorAn Audit Commission report published in June this year highlighted a huge increase in the viewing of computer pornography by public sector workers. The report called for public sector organisations from councils and government departments to the NHS, police and fire-fighters to invest in technology to prevent inappropriate or illegal... Assessing The Risks Caused By Illicit Images In The WorkplaceControlling the abuse of illegal and inappropriate images in the workplace is an increasingly important part of managing risk for an organisation. Private use of company computer resources for pornography can lead to a whole host of problems, from lost productivity, wasted computer resources and e-viral infections through to serious... Protecting Pupils From PornA recent audit undertaken by an Irish company in a high school uncovered inappropriate images on every PC scanned, which is nearly 5 times the average figure found in corporations and the number of illicit images found per Megabyte was nearly 10 times the corporate average. Some put this down... Critical Data AuditorCritical Data Auditor
Detection of unsecured, sensitive data
Critical Data Auditor
Detection of unsecured, sensitive data
" Information is the world's new currency. It must be guarded to protect against unauthorized disclosure, loss, or theft"
- IDC Study, 2008
Before you can protect it, first you must find it" - the Irish company, 2008
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