Blocking Social Media Sites–a False Sense of Security?

I blogged often about it: Blocking certain websites today can fire back in different ways. The CIO published an article called Workarounds: 5 Ways Employees Try to Access Restricted Sites – and they say:

“Some workarounds can be dangerous because they might create a channel that data can flow out through that is not managed . . . → Read More: Blocking Social Media Sites–a False Sense of Security?

Blocking Social Networks? Think Again…

You know that I am not a big fan of blocking social networks within enterprises for different reasons. I just read an article on this subject based on a study by Trend Micro. One of the conclusions in the article is:

Trying to just prevent users accessing social networks from work could potentially increase the . . . → Read More: Blocking Social Networks? Think Again…

Banning Social Media – a good idea?

I am really against banning social media – especially with the reasoning of the work performance. To me, this is a management job, not a technology job and by banning social media to make people more productive – I doubt that this is really successful.

Now, I read this article: Why Banning Social Media . . . → Read More: Banning Social Media – a good idea?

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