We can no longer imagine our life and work without social networks. One of the most used sales tools by companies, and the form of information and communication between people around the world faster. However, it is important for organizations to perceive the risks and how hackers use something routine to protect their net and employees.
The prohibition or blocking of social networks is permanently done by some companies today, aiming at exactly keeping the data safe and employees more focused.
For many, this behavior is an exaggeration, and for others a necessity. But does the release of access to social networks and entertainment sites put the company's data at risk?
The answer is: Yes! And that's exactly what we'll see next.
What are the input doors?
In addition to diverting employee focus, they also lead to suspicious links . There is a potential risk of installation of malicious software containing malware, spyware and viruses.
According to a Kaspersky survey Imagining that not all companies have the use of these blocked sites, it becomes a relatively easy gateway to cybercriminals.
It is wrong to think that in attacks from employees' personal social networks, only the data of it will be "stolen" or "kidnapped". According to Kaspersky data, the five web services that employees access most frequently from companies' devices are: Youtube, Facebook, Google Drive, Gmail and WhatsApp. These same services are also among the most explored in cyberatheres to business data.
So that you can identify the grandeur of the facts, let's go to the numbers: among the most abused services for malicious campaigns, we have, in the following order, Facebook (4.5 million attack attempts), WhatsApp (3.7 mi), Amazon (3.3 mi), Apple (3.1 mi) and Netflix (2.7 mi).
I'm sure they are much larger numbers that I imagined.
Is prohibiting the solution?
Although many companies put access rules , without a blocking tool , the employee is still responsible for the decision to access or not. Unfortunately, virtually all employees make use of some social network daily, and it will hardly be without "a look" during the day.
From an employee point of view, working in a company where the internet is blocked generates a certain discomfort. Many do not conform to certain internet security policies and think that it is all corporate paranoia or lack of confidence in the team. However, this decision is up to the company, because without any blockade and protection of internet access, lay employees and without training end up falling into cyber blows and put the company's data at risk.
In several other articles here on our blog, we talk about the direct relationship between the incorrect behavior of the employee on the internet and cyber attacks in companies.
Prohibit, maintains managers and professionals responsible for this care, hostages of common sense and especially the employee's knowledge to distinguish false advertisements from true, identify fake websites and emails , as well as harmful links, and the numerous forms of existing attacks.
Perhaps, just prohibitions, without any control over time or automatic locking systems with rules separated by users, sectors, will not be the solution.
But if prohibition is not the best way (or the smartest), and the total lock not either, how to keep company data safe? With the lock and release of access by specific times, as you can see below.
Release of accesses per time
For small and medium -sized business, where each employee's productivity and well -being is a determining factor for business success, using a social networking release system for specific time, rules separated by users or sectors, makes the full blockade impasse slightly more balanced.
Internet access control systems for companies, can serve as a glove for these cases (in addition to basic security systems ) as they can block websites considered harmful, as well as the release of access to social networks at specific times, keeping employees concentrated when they need, safe when browsing social networks and slightly less “oppressed” with prohibitive blocks or rules, making the work environment and more productive employee himself.
How to do internet access control?
There are different solutions available in the market to manage and control internet access . However, the vast majority demand high investment , involvement of specialized technical professionals and require constant maintenance, updates and frequent support. This makes these, become expensive and often unviable, especially for small and medium businesses.
With the purpose of filling this gap in the market and providing an affordable and simplified solution to small and medium -sized companies Lumiun exists.
The main factor in choosing hiring the solution, Lumun offers internet access control in companies quickly and intuitively.
See some Lumiun features:
- Blocking access to specific websites
- Control of access by categories and types of content such as pornography, social networks, racism, games and bets, among others
- Block and release of websites by schedules
- Rules of access by groups or sectors of the company
- Control of access to remote or home office employees
All this automatically, without the need for technical knowledge or major configurations in the company's network.
Internet Access Control Guide you can check out a step by step to effectively manage your company's internet access using Lumiun Box .
If you want to know more about Lumiun, download the presentation , with more detailed information from the solution, or schedule a demonstration , at no cost and without commitment.
To finish
As the article warns, leaving the company's data security to the employee's good faith is a little risky. However, all kinds of effort to improve information security is valid. Guide your employees, perform basic training, create a data security policy and the main, have good systems and solutions to avoid any cyber attack in the company from the release of social networks.
I hope I have helped you in some way to realize the importance of this sensitive theme.
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