Employee monitoring software is a means of employee monitoring

Employee monitoring

Employee monitoring refers to any method of tracking what an employee does while at work. This may include the use of video cameras, keystroke logging, email filters, or even just watching or listening to the employee. As a result of increased technology, this has become a very important issue in...

, and allows company administrators to monitor and supervise all their employee computers from a central location. It is normally deployed over a business network and allows for easy centralized log viewing via one central networked PC.

Related techniques

Keystroke monitoring: Log all keystrokes along with the window name they are typed. See also Keystroke logging

Keystroke logging

Keystroke logging is the action of tracking the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored...

, Hardware keylogger

Hardware keylogger

Hardware keyloggers are used for keystroke logging, a method of capturing and recording computer users' keystrokes, including sensitive passwords. They can be implemented via BIOS-level firmware, or alternatively, via a device plugged inline between a computer keyboard and a computer...

Email

Email

Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...

s sent and received logging
Events timeline logging: Log all events employees performed and view them in an organized listing.
Website activity: Log all websites visited by the popular browsers. See also Web analytics

Web analytics

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage....

, Web log analysis software

Web log analysis software

Web log analysis software is a simple kind of Web analytics software that parses a log file from a web server, and based on the values contained in the log file, derives indicators about who, when, and how a web server is visited...

Application usage: Monitor and log all applications ran.
Documents opened: Record documents and files opened and viewed.
Attentiveness monitoring: Display a popup on the employee's workstation with a set amount to time to click it.

Optional functions

• Remote Desktop
  Remote Desktop
  Remote Desktop may refer to:* Remote desktop software** Apple Remote Desktop** Remote Desktop Services** Remote Desktop Protocol* Desktop sharing...
  
   Viewing - Grab screenshot
  Screenshot
  A screenshot , screen capture , screen dump, screengrab , or print screen is an image taken by a computer to record the visible items displayed on the monitor, television, or another visual output device...
  
  s of the remote computer's desktop.
• Remote System Information Viewing - View a listing of various system information for the remote PC.
• Remote Internet Connections Viewing - View a list of the current Internet connections on the remote machine.
• Remote Recent Document History Viewing
• Remote Message Display
• Remote System Lockdown Control

See also

• Malware
  Malware
  Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming that is designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, or gain unauthorized access to system resources, or that otherwise exhibits abusive behavior...
  
  
• Spyware
  Spyware
  Spyware is a type of malware that can be installed on computers, and which collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect. Typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's...
  
  
• Spy software
• Trojan horse
  Trojan horse (computing)
  A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is software that appears to perform a desirable function for the user prior to run or install, but steals information or harms the system. The term is derived from the Trojan Horse story in Greek mythology.-Malware:A destructive program that masquerades as a benign...
  
  
• Computer surveillance
  Computer surveillance
  Computer surveillance is the act of performing surveillance of computer activity, and of data stored on a hard drive or being transferred over the Internet....
  
  
• Job satisfaction
  Job satisfaction
  Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his /her job. The happier people are within their job, the more satisfied they are said to be. Job satisfaction is not the same as motivation or aptitude, although it is clearly linked...
  
  

External links

• Should You Monitor Your Employees' Web Use?
• Is Big Brother watching you?