Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Shopping Online at Work: Survey Says....

Employees plan to spend two full working days on average shopping online at work this holiday season.

Link to November 24 Appleton Post-Crescent article, "Fox Valley human resources consultant says shopping online at work could cause trouble".

Excerpt: While Stroud neither condoned nor condemned the practice of work place shopping, he did say he could understand why the trend is mounting.

"With the Internet now available to almost any employee in the workplace, it's unrealistic to think that companies can completely stop the use of work computers for online shopping," he said. "What companies can and should do is educate employees about the risks of online shopping and remind them of their company's security policy."

ISACA said the potential danger is shopping can open the door to viruses, spam and phishing attacks that invade the workplace and cost big bucks in lost productivity and may compromise corporate data.

The survey was based on an online poll in September of 1,210 U.S. consumers and 1,513 IT professionals.

And conducted on behalf of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. Of which I know nothing but what's on their website. Hey, it's a poll, so it's meant to be taken with a grain of salt.

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