Debate Over Cost of Web-Surfing to Businesses

Posted by Alex Grahmann Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech

Ken ?Caesar? Fisher, a writer for Arstechnica.com, is challenging recent claims made by Websense, a web-filtering service, on the amount of money lost by businesses due to employee web-surfing.  Websense has reported that $178 billion dollars is lost every year, which works out to around $5000 per adult employee.  However, Fisher points out several weaknesses in the wording and data produced by Websense, specifically that many of the conclusions are drawn from ?beliefs? of managers, rather than firm data.  With the growing availability and usability of internet access in the workplace and such huge numbers being thrown around, any article which balances the story is worth the read.

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