COMPUTER CID

Frequently Asked Questions about Computer CID

: 1. As a company owner or a system administrator or a higher authority, do I have rights to watch employee activity ? Am I attacking on their privacy ?

 

ans=When your employees abuse their PC and Internet privileges, they are essentially stealing from your company. To protect the bottom line, you have the RIGHT to know and the RESPONSIBILITY to correct the problems.Employees work in your company,on your computers for your business and in a particular time slot(which is hired by you).And if you wish to check their activities done in office hours to save your hard-earned money, reputation and business,nothing is wrong or illegal in it.You are not attacking on privacy of your employees.You are doing something good for your organization.YOU HAVE RIGHTS TO WATCH ACTIVITIES OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.One simple question : If employees are curious about their privacy then why they do personal,illegal,unwanted activities on office computers and in office hours ????.They can do the same at home.

 

 

2. Can I conduct monitoring on employees suspected of inappropriate activity on immediate basis after installation ?

 

• Almost every company in the world has employees who abuse the Internet and other computer activities,some of whom spend hours per day surfing news, shopping, sports, gambling and sex sites. Others leak confidential information, engage in personal email and chats,download softwares and music illegally, damage network bandwidth or harass coworkers. • Odds are, you probably already have strong suspicions about certain employees spending too much time online, surfing sites not related to their job. You notice them quickly switching screens when somebody walks by. You notice they are taking a longer time to do their work, or their work isn't getting completed. • Spending a few minutes a day surfing the net for company work is one thing. Spending several hours a day surfing the net, sending personal emails, chatting with friends, shopping online, reading sports, visiting gambling sites -- that is quite another. • Computer CID is the right software for conducting computer monitoring. From one central location, you can monitor in exact detail what any employee is doing on the computer. • Computer CID creates the equivalent of a digital surveillance tape so that you can see the exact sequence of everything the employee is doing on the computer. • Computer CID can hold days, weeks ,months and years worth of recordings, ensuring that you will be able to review everything the monitored employee has been doing without having to stand over their shoulders or watch them in real-time. 3. I am planning to buy Computer CID.Can I increase employee productivity by reducing frivolous and inappropriate internet and PC activities ? • Workplace productivity is key to controlling labor costs and maximizing your company’s resources. Time is money. Every minute spent off task is negatively impacting your bottom line. • Employees are wasting valuable company time by surfing inappropriate web sites (pornographic, shopping, sports, stock trading, auctions, etc…), sending/receiving personal email, talking to friends or family via online chat,playing games,using office computers and time to finish personal work, downloading illegal software and music and more… • According to a recent search, the average employee spends over 93 minutes per day using office computers for non-business related activity. • Companies with remote or unsupervised employees are subject to a different form of employee abuse – white collar slacking. One top rated Indian news paper recently reported that according to The Society for Human Resource Management, 59% of employees lie about the number of hours worked. Increasingly, employees use office technology to make it look like they are working when they are not. Email timers allow them to send a message even when they’re not there and instant messaging can be reconfigured to appear as if the employee is online. • Taking charge of how your employees use the Internet & office computer and eliminating excessive non-business activity will increase productivity and produce significant cost savings. Additionally, observing the ongoing performance of your employees will provide you with valuable information about how to improve their effectiveness on the job. • Computer CID is a flexible, comprehensive monitoring solution designed to significantly increase employee productivity. With Computer CID, you can detect ongoing abuse of Internet privileges and deter employees from future misuse by maintaining a detailed record of all Internet and PC activity. • Statistics show that surveillance disciplines employees and improves their productivity. Employees tend to perform better when they are being monitored - or even when they think they may be monitored. Computer CID successfully accomplishes this goal by constantly monitoring your employee's working environment - their computers.

 

4. Can I eliminate leaking of company confidential information using Computer CID ?

 

• A company’s most important assets must be protected in order to maintain and grow its revenue and core competencies. Intellectual properties, product designs or code, business plans, strategies, pricing, trade secrets and other company confidential information are readily available to employees and, therefore, in jeopardy of being released outside the company confines. • The majority of businesses implement security measures such as firewalls, encryption, passwords, filtering, confidentiality agreements, Internet/Intranet usage and other employee policies. Even with these and other preventative measures in place, company confidential and proprietary information being circulated outside the company. • There is compelling evidence that employee abuse flourishes within any organization, despite policies and existing technologies, but determining the source and reducing the risk has always been an almost insurmountable obstacle. • When a company needs fast and indisputable proof, there’s Computer CID.It’s a flexible, comprehensive employee monitoring and surveillance software designed to quickly detect abuse, minimize risk and provide violation verification and evidence. 5. Can I recover lost crucial communications ? • The increasing use of Email, Chat and Instant Messaging in the workplace is continuing to supersede the more traditional methods of communication such as telephone and written correspondence. These new technologies have revolutionized the way companies do business, while at the same time creating new problems. • Information received and transmitted through these new avenues of communication can have a profound impact on your business. Proprietary data, confidential customer records, abusive language, direct threats, criminal activity, defamation and more can be easily relayed via email, chat and instant messages – whether intentional or unintentionally. With your crucial business information passing through these new channels, it is important that your company be prepared to recover a complete record of all digital communication. • Continual recording and archiving of your company’s digital conversations and data exchanges will ensure that you are prepared to quickly recover any communication that is crucial to your business operation. Lost files, conversation trails, customer inquiries and more are easily retrieved and reviewed. • Computer CID is a complete communication recovery solution. Every facet of electronic exchange is recorded providing you with immediate access to every email, every chat conversation and every instant message sent by your employees.

 

6. Can employee monitoring benefit my company? Do all your employees use their computer resources and Internet connection solely for your business? Do they work as hard when you are away as they do when you are watching over their shoulders? In other words, do you suspect your employee's productivity is lacking? You should consider installing Computer CID to address the problem.Look no further! Computer CID records and monitors your employee's activities.Computer CID can be installed in a matter of minutes, and does not require any hardware other than an ordinary PC. No special surveillance skills or security training are needed to successfully configure and operate Computer CID.

 

7. I want to install Computer CID and DO NOT want to disclose it to my employees.Is this good ?The answer is YES !You will be able to watch what your employees are doing without informing them about Computer CID.Your employees will never come to know that this software is installed and recording their activities every moment.

 

8. I want to install Computer CID and want to disclose it to my employees. Is this good ? The answer is YES! Employees perform better under constant control with real-time feedback from their supervisor. A certain level of interaction and feedback is vital for tightening discipline and improving performance.Letting your employees know that managers and supervisors can see what is happening on their computers in real time even from remote locations provides the necessary feeling and improves discipline and productivity. See the miracle then. All employees will work in a straight-forward way and your purpose will get solved without taking any hard action. So in both the cases, answer is Yes. You can use Computer CID as per your idea and staff mentality.It is advisable to understand the technical matters related to Computer CID to provide good services and support to your customers. Please read the points carefully mentioned below and follow then during installation.