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Illicit Workplace Pictures Found In Half of U.S. Enterprises

Via TechWeb News.

Half of the largest 500 U.S. companies have had to take disciplinary action against employees sharing digital pornography or other illicit images at the workplace, a study released Friday shows.

In dealing with illicit images, 44 percent of the companies ended up firing the workers, while 41 percent took some other disciplinary action, according to the Delta Consulting study, which was sponsored by PixAlert Inc. The Westford, Mass., company makes software that detects inappropriate images on corporate networks.

More than 90 percent of the respondents said the biggest threats in terms of the originating source of pornography were the Internet and e-mail, or e-mail attachments. Other threats include cellular-phone cameras, memory sticks, CDs and Wi-Fi networks.

posted by Fergie @ 6/17/2005 05:23:00 PM