{"id":50,"date":"2010-04-23T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wavecrestcomputing.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2011-06-21T09:24:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T13:24:17","slug":"stop-a-pornography-surfing-problem-before-it-starts-why-monitoring-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/index.php\/stop-a-pornography-surfing-problem-before-it-starts-why-monitoring-is-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop A Pornography Surfing Problem Before It Starts: Why Monitoring Is Important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today reported today that &#8220;several top Security and Exchange Commission staffers surfed porn sites as economy teetered.&#8221;\u00a0 While  many of us like to think that &#8220;everyone&#8221; knows it&#8217;s inappropriate to  surf porn at work using the office computer, time and time again stories  like these still pop up.\u00a0 While whether or not to allow social  networking in the office and how to control the use of these sites seems  to be the big surfing topic today, apparently we still cannot forget  about pornography.\u00a0 Pornography poses several risks to businesses and  government agencies. 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