The software is the first to allow organizations to prevent what they consider unacceptable images, including pornography, being e-mailed into or out of their networks. It has been developed to help organizations enforce their e-mail policy to protect themselves, and their employees, from legal liability, sexual harassment, loss of productivity, negative corporate reputation and network congestion issues. It then conducts a number of tests to conclude the likelihood that the file contains a pornographic image. Recent cases in the news highlight the fact that organizations are now seeing the distribution of pornography by e-mail as a major business issue to address. Not only are they open to litigation for its content, but many staff find its distribution offensive and an example of sexual harassment.
Corporate reputations are at risk - once lost they can be extremely hard to rebuild.
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