A point to consider in all of this... Now that the wireless carriers these days are touting smartphones to a much larger audience (not just us IT nerds), just about all of them can run IM apps (and IRC and so forth). Not so easy to leak data though.
Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IM raises its ugly head again... We don't allow IM on our network at all, through any of the IM providers. Without the use of a central IM app, our concern is that employees will waste company resources and time by adding and chatting with friends through out the day. Another concern has been security with that is data leakage (which can still happen with email. USB drives and CD burning have been disabled via GP). We have thought about implementing an internal IM solution for communication. _____________________________ Cameron Cooper System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 [email protected] | www.aurico.com -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IM raises its ugly head again... Anyone out there care to share their policy and (very) general implementation info on IM and personal video conferencing usage? Does your company, for instance, allow users to install and use any of the major consumer IM/video apps and communicate directly to the major public IM/video providers such as MSN, AOL, Yahoo! and Google? If your company does allow it, what does the company consider to be the cost/benefit tradeoff WRT security and not using a centralized IM/video server with gateways to public IM/video services? Also, what security concerns were looked at before implementation and what measures, if any, were taken to mitigate them? If direct access to public IM/video services isn't allowed, is an IM/video service provided for business purposes, and if so, what are you using - MSFT OCS, or Openfire, or something else? If you can't comment on-list, but don't mind doing so off-list, I'd certainly appreciate it. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6MTA0NzIzMDYzODpwanBAcHNuZXQuY29t THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
