Most employees ignore Acceptable Use Policies

A majority of employees have either never heard of their company’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for computers or choose to ignore it, a new survey from SmoothWall has suggested.

Despite the fact that seven out of ten of the companies claimed that AUPs were important for security, 40% of the 300 employees polled said they were unaware of its contents when asked.

The biggest culprits are employees using non-approved applications, with personal email access the main offence. 61% of em... (507 more words)

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