Streaming content can use up your Internet bandwidth and slow down your connection. But now, employees that download music, television shows and movies might cause even greater IT problems for your company: They might get your bandwidth throttled down by tipping off a copyright infringement alert!
Internet service providers are now monitoring for copyright infringement through sites such as BitTorrent. Illegal downloads committed from company IP addresses could get your company cited. If done often enough, you could face more serious consequences.
How serious? Your Internet browsing could be blocked entirely, or your bandwidth throttled down – effectively slowing your connection to a crawl.
With the new policy, it’s more important than ever to put good filters into place to keep track of what your employees are using on their work computers. Cymphonix can help you keep track of Internet traffic, and put a plan in place to regulate your employees’ usage.
Want more information about the new illicit downloading policy? Check out this recent article from Slate about the changes.
So how pervasive is the problem? According to the article in Slate, even law enforcement agents have been caught red-handed watching illegally downloaded copies of television shows, such as Dexter and Homeland.
According to the article, “of course, more savvy downloaders, feds or otherwise, will find ways around the system entirely.”
Want to ensure those “savvy downloaders” won’t find a way around the system by trying to masking their IP address – and potentially putting your company at risk? Cymphonix has solutions! Find out how we can help.