Employee Internet Use Statistics, misuse of the internet, hacking, instant messaging, peer-to-peer file-sharing, porn, spyware, streaming media, viruses/malicious code

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Employee Internet Use Statistics

INSTANT MESSAGING

Nearly 80 percent of instant messaging in companies is done over public IM services such as AOL, MSN and Yahoo, exposing companies to security risks. (Radicati, 2003)

There are more than 43 million users of consumer IM at work. (IDC, 2003)

Only one quarter of companies have a clearly defined policy on the user of IM at work. (Silicon.com, 2003)

PEER-TO-PEER FILE-SHARING

Forty-five percent of the executable files downloaded through Kazaa contain malicious code. (Trusecure, 2004)

73 percent of all movie searches on file-sharing networks were for pornography. (Palisade Systems, 2003)

A company can be liable for up to $150K per pirated work if it is allowing employees to use the corporate network to download copyrighted material. (RIAA, 2003)

GENERAL MISUSE of the Internet

One-third of time spent online at work is non-work-related. (Websense, IDC)

Internet misuse at work is costing American corporations more than $85 billion annually in lost productivity. (Websense, 2003)

80 percent of companies reported that employees had abused Internet privileges, such as downloading pornography or pirated software. (CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 2003)

HACKING

75% of companies cited employees as a likely source of hacking attacks. (CSI/FBI, 2003)

45% of businesses had reported unauthorized access by insiders. (CSI/FBI, 2003)

PORN

70 percent of porn is downloaded between 9am and 5pm. (SexTracker)

37 percent of at-work Internet users in the US had visited an X-rated Web site from work. (ComScore Networks, Dec 2003)

SPYWARE

1 in 3 companies have detected spyware on their network. (Websense UK Survey, 2003)

There more than 7,000 spyware programs. (Aberdeen Group, 2003)

STREAMING MEDIA

77 percent of weekly online listening to Internet Radio takes place between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific time. (Arbitron, 2004)

44 percent of corporate employees actively use streaming media. (Nielsen NetRatings, 2002)

VIRUSES/MALICIOUS CODE

Although 99% of companies use antivirus software, 82% of them were hit by viruses and worms. (CSI/FBI, 2003)

Blended threats made up 54 percent of the top 10 malicious code submissions over the last six months of 2003. (Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, 2003)

The number of malicious code attacks with backdoors, which are often used to steal confidential data, rose nearly 50% in the last year. (Symantec, 2003)

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