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Employee Internet Abuse Keeps Rising


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21 Apr 2004 8:50AM
Pinsent Masons
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Around one in five of all UK companies suffered from their employees making abusive use of the internet last year, with nearly two-thirds of large businesses affected. Companies that experienced internet abuse had an average of one incident a week.

These are among the initial findings from the 2004 DTI biennial Information Security Breaches Survey, conducted by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The findings also reveal that the two biggest causes of abuse were excessive personal ... (462 more words)



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