As reported on BBC News
14 members of staff at the DVLA headquarters in Swansea have been sacked for downloading pornography.
A spokesperson said: "DVLA has started dismissal proceedings against 14 members of staff for gross misconduct."
101 other members of staff will be disciplined for "using agency's electronic systems to send pornographic e-mail attachments out of the agency, in direct contravention of DVLA's code of conduct."
Unfortunately this level of non-compliance does not surprise me in the least. The audits that we carry out using the PixAlert image auditor regularly demonstrate that this issue of pornography on corporate internets is growing everyday and IS NOT going to go away.
From a compliance perspective this problem can be resolved with the correct application of audit, monitoring and policy reinforcement tools.
For the DVLA it's "wake up and smell the coffee time". Think about the cost of going through 14 dismissals and 101 disciplinary cases! The cost of dealing with this issue far outweighs the preventative costs.
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