Software discovery

Of all those surveyed, 24 percent said an employee in their company had been disciplined for inappropriate behavior on a social network, while 37 percent did not know. The percentage was higher in the nonprofit sector, noted the survey, with 33 percent reporting an employee incident versus only 13 percent in the for-profit sector.

"Business clearly hasn't caught up with what its employees are doing online. The risks are twofold. First there remains the business risk of employees doing things online that may reflect badly on the company. The second is that, as business develops policies and procedures in this area, there are going to be software discovery finding that what they have long done is no longer acceptable at work. During the adjustment period there is likely to be a great deal of friction created."