Social Media at work

We spoke about how social media (blogs) can be great marketing tools. But here are some stats from a Proofpoint Inc. survey conducted in 2009 on policies and data loss risks -

• 17 percent of companies report that they have investigated the posting of confidential, sensitive or private information to a social network, such as Facebook or LinkedIn.
• 10 percent have taken disciplinary actions against an employee who violated social networking policies in the past 12 months.
• 8 percent terminated an employee for violating a social networking policy.
• 45 percent are highly concerned about unauthorized information being posted on social networks.