In addition to potentially creating a hostile working environment visiting adult sites at work can open up the corporate network to threats from malware. The recent article by Jim McElhatton in The Washington Times highlights the scale of the problem.
Image Analyzer continues to offer additional protection against the dangers of traditional adult sites but is also increasingly deployed in the area of social media and photo sharing where it is deployed to categorise ‘bad content’ on good sites.
Companies need to deploy effective and layered protection to protect themselves from malware and employees from the consequences of their own actions in the workplace and the ability to scan images and videos in real-time is a key part of that protection.