How to Limit internet access to users?
Internet usage is common in business. A step forward for working conditions and performance of employees. But the non-business use of the web can also have negative repercussions on business. Here we give you tips and advice for intelligently limiting access to the Internet context.
Why restrict access to the Internet in the business?
Regulating (not prohibit) access to the Internet, it is possible to improve the functioning of the company on several points:
- Gain productivity
- Use more professional internet (information concerning the company)
- Risks of attacks (virus) reduced network
- Internet connection (bandwidth) more faster
Monitor employees or limit access to the Internet?
Some softwars allow you to bring individual actions for each Internet user in the enterprise. This radical approach is certainly not the most effective. Negotiated regulation of Internet access (see below) is more appropriate. If you implement a system of individual control, you are obliged to provide the procedures (e.g record of web pages viewed by each visitor) to your employees.
Limiting access to the internet: Defining a code of conduct
Negotiation and communication with employees remain one of the most effective ways to regulate Internet access. The goal: to make users "responsible" in their surf.
Briefings. Committee meetings, corporate seminars and workshops give you the opportunity to negotiate with employee representatives or employees themselves. You can find an agreement on conditions for use of the Web in the enterprise.
Write a "code of good conduct." You write a code of good conduct (limited number of hours, type of content prohibited, rules of use of email ...) then you run in the company (board, rules, log d undertaking, PDF document sent by mail).
Modes of regulation of Internet access
Regulating access to the Internet can be classified into two types of actions: limit the time of internet usage and filter the content accessed. For more efficiency, you can combine these two modes of regulation. Warning! Filter the content requires a good knowledge of the network terminal (ask the administrator of your company or, failing that, a provider of maintenance).
Limit the time of internet usage in the enterprise
Solution "friendly". You set your employees with a time limit for use "outside work" of the Internet. Either a daily limit (eg 30 minutes), a weekly limit (2 or three hours per week)
Software solutions. With simple software, such as Elim (soon paying software, download here), you can restrict the access to the internet on each PC (connection limited to Internet and instant messaging).
In order use this software, you must be administrator of each PC in the network (a login and password of administrator are installed at first boot of a PC). If a network administrator in the company, you can entrust this task.
Here are the steps you can simply limit the access to the Internet on a PC with the software Elim.
- Register on the computer as a PC
- Install the program on the computer elimi
- With the help of the software, set a time limit for each user's PC.
Filter the content accessed by users in the enterprise
Setting up filters is a more complex operation. This work may be entrusted to the administrator of your corporate network with whom you choose to put filters in place. Otherwise, call a provider.
Types of filters. You can apply filters at three levels:
- URL: You Ban certain Internet addresses. Ex: web videos online, sensitive sites.
- Keywords typed: You define a list of banned keywords. The user can not access results in a search engine.
- File Types: You filter the download of certain files (eg video, music, etc.).. You limit the possibilities of attacks and infections in your corporate network (viruses). You also keep the bandwidth (internet connection faster)
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