As Get Safe Online Week draws to a close today (Friday), the TUC is launching a new toolkit to help improve workers’ Internet security awareness and skills. The TUC is concerned that while employers are improving their Internet security systems, their good work could be undermined if they fail to ensure that their staff’s skills are up-to-date. The 2008 Get Safe Online Report, published earlier this week, revealed that 66 per cent of internet users admitted to using the same password for multiple websites, 23 per cent had posted confidential or personal information online, and 17 per cent had opened email attachments from an unknown source, potentially putting themselves at risk from viruses or other malicious software. As Get Safe Online Week draws to a close today (Friday), the TUC is launching a new toolkit to help improve workers’ Internet security awareness and skills. The TUC is concerned that while employers are improving their Internet security systems, their good work could be undermined if they fail to ensure that their staff’s skills are up-to-date. The toolkit can be found at www.worksmart.org.uk/nsfw and will also shortly be available for use on other websites. A comedy animation highlighting some of the dangers is also available at www.worksmart.org.uk/fun/nsfw

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20 October 2008
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