Network content monitoring and capturing software firm Chronicle Solutions will be unveiling the results of an in-depth survey into Acceptable Usage Policies (AUP) at the leading Information Security event, Infosecurity Europe 2007, taking place on the 24 – 26 April 2007 in the Grand Hall, Olympia, London.
According to the findings more than 30% of respondents said they did not have an acceptable use policy (AUP) for the internet at work, and of those who did, 94% said they had not read it recently. A full 42% said they had not read it in the last year, whilst 33% could not recall when they had seen it last.
Perhaps most interestingly blogging appears to have slipped from anyone’s list of proscribed online activities in the workplace. Literally no one surveyed indicated blogging as an Internet activity banned or even covered by their employer’s AUP.
The survey also found that less than 5% of AUPs cover P2P file sharing, and that only 33% of employers ask new hires to read, agree and then sign off on the company acceptable use policy when they join. Astoundingly, the survey also showed that a massive 80% of respondents aren’t certain if there are penalties for breaching their company’s AUP.
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