It’s that time of year again — the NCAA basketball tournament is upon us. This time of year always throws a spotlight on web filtering, as Enterprises are faced with the prospect of their employees frittering away time and valuable network bandwidth watching hoops.

The tools available on the Internet for following this year’s tournament are getting more varied and sophisticated, throwing open new security and bandwidth concerns, as well as raising the old specter of productivity problems.

Security

If you’re blocking your users from watching the tournament, then you’ve got to consider the ways that they might attempt to circumvent that policy. The key thing here is that video streaming isn’t just about web sites and media players anymore.

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