This is an important issue, and one that employers should sit up and take notice of. Directors of publicly quoted companies in particular will be aware that they have a legal responsibility to act on computer security since the implementation of the Turnbull reforms. But employers should be careful before they start implementing expensive big brother-style systems to 'monitor' their employees. Excessive snooping could feed the disaffection the consequences of which they are seeking to avoid, and make staff feel they are being treated like children. And overly complicated security systems will just cause more frustration among a stressed workforce.
Security is important, but it needs to be applied with a large dose of common sense.