The Police problems with on-line porn look set to spread across the public sector and increase focus on the private sector too. Many organisations are not well set up to combat the office porn problem, partly because they have poor Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) and those AUPs have not been agreed to adequately by employees.

The porn problem is part of a wider set of issues covered by AUPs including the very significant risk area of security, and other risks such as defamation, copyright, and privacy.

In our article we deal with some of the risks and solutions, focusing on both private and public sector organisations.