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)