Paul Sadlier

England

Uk & European General Manager, Deskforce

The security issue with Skype demonstrates a wider, more worrying trend. As it is a free download, many companies don’t know how many Skype clients they’ve got installed on their systems nor how much Skype network traffic they have. Companies need to have validated asset management processes and tools that can track, identify and remove free download software, remotely. Employees also need to made aware of what they can and can’t download or use –such as music files or peer-to-peer networks