Success in today’s fast-paced economy requires superior execution and speed. This requirement is driving demand for real-time communications in organizations of every size. Access to instant information, collaborative groups, customers, and partners, creates business efficiencies and sets the real-time organization apart from the rest.
However, the rapid and disruptive adoption of greynet applications – such as IM, spyware and peer-to-peer file sharing - is a new reality for enterprise IT security. Greynet applications pose a myriad of network and information security risks because they provide vectors for malware, client-side code vulnerabilities, intellectual property loss, and identity theft. While some greynets, especially IM, have legitimate business uses, others such as P2P file sharing, Skype and spyware can pose serious consequences to the organization. The ability to implement powerful controls to enable the productive use of greynets, while defending and preventing their malicious use, is a requirement for today’s enterprises.