Building a secure instant messaging environment

Instant messaging (IM) is fast becoming as popular as email, thanks to its ability to communicate instantly to reveal presence information. It has become so popular that its shift from a consumer technology into a business one happened from the bottom up, as employees installed it on desktops and IT...

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Published inNetwork security Vol. 2007; no. 1; pp. 18 - 20
Main Author Casey, Donal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier B.V 2007
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Information technology
Instant messaging
Network security
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Summary:Instant messaging (IM) is fast becoming as popular as email, thanks to its ability to communicate instantly to reveal presence information. It has become so popular that its shift from a consumer technology into a business one happened from the bottom up, as employees installed it on desktops and IT departments were forced to formalize it.
ISSN:1353-4858
1872-9371
DOI:10.1016/S1353-4858(07)70009-0