Parental Control
People have been always worried about their children. Parents have to take care of them and sometimes they wish they had a help. But not only parents have to worry, but also the head of any company have to worry about their employees almost the same as taking care of children.
What Parental Control is?
Parental controls provide options, typically included in digital television services, computer and video games, or computer software used to access the Internet that allows a parent to monitor or limit what a child can see or do. These tools can also be used for companies to monitor or limit what employees are accessing or doing.
What for Parental Control is used for?
Parental Control most likely, is used for filtering HTML and Web site blocking (that match specific categories, for example, pornography) and for logging the Web surfing and working (time spent on specific programs) habits. Also it could be used like a spy on your children/employees – it can record everything typed in programs (for example, Instant Messaging client like Messenger or Skype) or messages written in e-mails.
How Parental Control can work for you?
First of all you will be able to see if your employees are really working hard or just surfing the Internet. In the same way you will be able to see which of your employees deserve an award. Secondly you can limit your employees in visiting porn sites and block access to some forums, for example www.myspace.com. And there is a lot more, how you can improve usage of Parental Control.
Article source: Information security awareness
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