Currently, simply keeping an internet log is not enough as it cannot be used to analyze usage behavior and differentiate between work or personal use. It is worth considering why so many organizations are willing to invest in internet content monitoring.
Over 75 percent of companies expressed that monitoring their employees had helped them fight personal use of the internet during business hours.
The legal requirements in Thailand mandate all companies or bodies that provide computer usage and internet access terminals to monitor a set of specified protocols.
Rather than investing in greater bandwidth to increase the speed of the internet performance, most companies believes internet content monitoring is a more cost-effective solution.
Ensuring corporate confidentiality is another oft-cited reason for using internet content monitoring technologies.