Employee Computer Usage Statistics

Employee Computer Usage Statistics

• 30 to 40% of Internet use in the workplace is not related to business.
• 64% of employees say they use the Internet for personal interest during
  working hours
• 70% of all Internet porn traffic occurs during the nine-to-five work day.
• 37% of workers say they surf the Web constantly at work.
• 77.7% of major U.S. companies keep tabs on employees by checking their e-mail, Internet, phone calls, computer files, or by videotaping them at work.
• 63% of companies monitor workers' Internet connections and 47% store and review employee e-mail.
  27% of companies say that they've fired employees for misuse of office e-mail or Internet connections, and 65% report some disciplinary measure for those offenses.
• According to a survey by International Data Corp (IDC), 30 to 40% of internet access is spent on non work related browsing, and a staggering 60% of all online purchases are made during working hours.
• 90 percent of employees feel the Internet can be addictive, and 41 percent admit to personal surfing at work for more than three hours per week.
• Some estimates reveal that computer crime may cost as much as $50 billion per year.
• Around 80% of computer crime is committed by "insiders". They manage to steal $100 million by some estimates; $1 billion by others.
• The average fraud inflicts a loss of about $110,000 per corporate/organization victim, and $15,000 to each individual victim.
• 60% of Security Breaches occur within the Company - behind the Firewall
• 25% of corporate Internet traffic is considered to be "unrelated to
  work".
• 30-40% of lost productivity is accounted for by cyber-slacking.
• Most studies show 70% of companies have had sex sites accessed using
  their network.
• 32.6% of workers surf the net with no specific objective; men are twice
  as likely as women.
• When asked "should employers monitor, limit, block or control your
  Internet access while at work?" over 60 % of employees said "yes".
• On average, workers spend 21 hours per week online at the office, as oppose to only 9.5 hours at home
• 27% of Fortune 500 organizations have defended themselves against claims of sexual harassment stemming from inappropriate email.
• Traditionally, employers have been responsible and liable for the actions of their employees in the workplace. However, if an organizations can demonstrate a "duty of care" to reduce unacceptable employee activity, then it could minimize it's potential for liability.
• Chevron faces a $2 million lawsuit as a result of an employee's email that allegedly included sexist content.
• A company with 1,000 Internet users could lose upwards of $35 million in productivity annually from just an hour of daily Web surfing by employees
• 90% of respondents (primarily large corporations and government agencies) detected computer security breaches within the previous 12 months, 80% acknowledged financial losses due to computer breaches, 44% were willing and/or able to quantify their losses, at more than $455 million.
• The most serious financial losses occurred through theft of proprietary information respondents reported more than $170 million) and financial fraud (respondents reported approximately $116 million).
• Estimated that the greatest threat to intellectual property is trusted insiders; 70% of security breaches come from inside.