To jump directly to step No. 3 without proper preparation could make employees feel spied on. Many of them complained, but were OK with it once we explained it to them. On his test, Houphoue filtered for strict obscenities, which themselves may not constitute unacceptability. But the configurable programs can flag harassment terms, sexual or racial slurs, company secrets, or proprietary information. Houphoue was unapologetic about filtering out the F-word altogether.
Some filters look for different content.
The outgoing filters, while used, are not as essential. According to Boos, Content's main competition comes from the antivirus vendors. Many corporations, after installing antivirus software, see no need for content filtering. Which he believes is a mistake. But an antivirus program can't do filtering.