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Instant Messenger Security at the Small Business

Many small businesses shrug off tools that provide extra internet security because of the costs and complexities of the issues. Instant messenger security is no different. Many small businesses reach for a public instant messenger just to save the time and money. But here are a few reasons why that decision could be costing you more than you think:

1. Monitoring activity
Public instant messengers give you no way to see what your employees are doing with their chat time. In fact, for all you know, employees are chatting with family and friends. Short of walking up behind them, you can’t really tell. 

Brosix offers full featured tracking of conversations. Imagine how much productivity you can get back if you find your employees are actually chatting with family and friends. Would this recover the few dollars per month that instant messenger security would provide? 

2. Controlling members
This somewhat relates to the tfirst monitoring activity point: by controlling who your employees talk to you can reduce time wasting and many other security threats. In businesses with 5-50 employees, allowing access to the full network may not be a big deal. But if you have more than 50 employees, you may want to use Brosix’s membership features to limit who can talk with whom. 

3. Anti-virus protection
One of the most important points at which companies of all sizes should be scanning files for viruses is when those files are transferred from one computer to another over the corporate network. This is often done via email, but more and more this is occuring over instant messenger network as well. 

Brosix scans all files when they are sent over the network, and that is part of the built in product - no additional fees are required. 

Final thoughts
Instant messenger security is of vital importance to businesses of all sizes. The small costs of integrating Brosix compared to the productivity increases, the control achieved, and the virus protection often far outweighs the cost of a free, public instant messenger. 

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