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Surf Your Values
the basic acceptable use agreement regulations and be monitored by
the (friendly) “cyber police.”
Some may be thinking, You’re the CISO—just make it happen.
Unfortunately, the functionality I describe is not in place today with
enterprise Web products to allow this model to work. Yes, you can still
have personal accountability at workwith a coworker, but cultural and
technology issues need to be addressed prior to rolling out software
in most workplaces. I expect more such software will be developed
and installed by companies. As problems grow, the demand for new
answers for business areas will become a scream.
Far from disabling or discouraging the Internet, accountability
enables much to happen. This software builds trust and allows the use
of Internet tools that must currently be banned because of the abuses
that are possible by the minority. For example, many businesses ban
social networking sites or watching video clips due to the inability to
segment traffic into good and bad. This policy tempts some employees
to go around security protections to get the content anyway.
For the same reasons, many families ban all Google images or
photo sites due to the porn pictures. The sad part is that many “good”
pictures are missed, and we throw the cyber baby out with the bath
water. Just as wearing car seatbelts does not imply that the driver is
unsafe and reckless, applying accountability software need not imply
that every user surfs without integrity. This software will assist in such
issues as telework (work from home).With the Internet changing so
fast, personal accountabilitywith metrics must be a priority to enable
new innovation.
Other Temptation-Blocking Software
I have listed three main categories of software services that will
help you surf your values, but there are certainly other software
products that can be used to help fight an assortment of other
temptations. One example is the (free) ‘Temptation Blocker,”which
aids personal discipline by using reminders and timers to help you
focus on one task at a time. (It was originally developed to help the
author stop playing the game Half Life 2when he had deadlines to
meet.) Here’s a description of the free software available at h t tp : / /
thenetreporter.com/temptation-blocker.html:
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