Employees are using company resources to access peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and are exposing organizations to potentially catastrophic risks. Files from P2P networks such as Kazaa may contain viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, and spyware. As pirated files are often shared on these networks, organizations should also be concerned with potential exposure to legal or criminal liability. Running P2P applications slows down network performance and negatively impacts the functioning of business-critical applications. Due to its unique layered approach, Websense software allows organizations to eliminate P2P security threats and P2P use at multiple levels in the corporate environment: at the network, at the gateway and at the desktop.

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