What 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

What 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

Dept 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 employees from storing, downloading, viewing such images in the first place

When discussing inappropriate image detection, the most common question posed is “What about false positives”

Recent statistics collated during 60 corporate audits undertaken by an Irish company between June and September 2006, found that 312% of the 5,000 PCs scanned contained digital pornography or other inappropriate images, 8% of the 5,000 email server accounts and 4

Introduction 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

An 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 images in the workplace

Controlling 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 business interruption and even civil and criminal lawsuits

Critical 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 What is Critical Data Auditor

Preventing illicit images at Work Andy Churley, marketing director at The Irish company, looks at the management challenges and legal responsibilities facing today’s corporations Controlling the misuse and abuse of information technology in the workplace is becoming an increasingly important aspect of IT security