No more gaming at work
That means no more gaming at work for users hooked on The Sims 2 (EA Games), Fifa 07 (EA Sports) and Football Manager 2007 (Sega).
According to Sophos this development is welcomed by system administrators who have a hard time of it trying to prevent employees from installing and playing games on company PCs and laptops.
Sophos states that, “this behaviour wastes valuable IT management resources and can severely impact on overall business productivity.”
A poll performed by the IT security company examining the concerns of IT administrators, revealed at 90.4% of their respondents wanted the ability to block games added to their arsenal of tools. A majority of 62% felt that this functionality was essential.
In addition to providing system administrators with the power to block popular games from 15 major games publishers, including Eidos Interactive, SEGA and Electronic Arts, Sophos Application Control will also be extended over time to control employees’ access to games by other developers.
"PC games are popular Christmas gifts and many people won’t think twice about installing them on their work PCs or laptops. Many games are easily accessed and easy to hide, meaning some employees will spend a lot of their working day playing games," says Brett Myroff, CEO of Sophos master distributor, NetXactics.
According to Sophos: “System administrators have voiced their opinion loud and clear: they are fed up of workers installing unauthorized programs and cyberslacking.”
"While games are not a bad thing, there is a time and place for them. IT departments that are responsible for supporting computer networks increasingly want to control their users’ behaviour. Sophos Application Control will help system administrators define a policy for appropriate computer usage," Myroff says.
It seems that 2007 is to be the death of the cyberslacker if Sophos have anything to say about it.
Loading ...