Need offsite employee monitoring solution
Hello all,
We're looking for a solution that would give us the ability to monitor all employees that are working from a remote site.
We know that there are multiple ways to give users access to in office server files (VPN, RDP, etc.) but we would like to also be able to see if the users are "ACTUALLY working" when off site.
Ideally we'd like to monitor the following:
-How long user is "actually" working (not just logs that have when user logs in and out).
-What documents/items the user accesses during work and for how long.
-whether the user is just idle when accessing office network.
-granularity view all user actions logging into office network.
Is there a "Magic Bullet" solution for this or is this one of those "Use multiple existing options" scenario where we'll have to use logs from various places (VPN logs, server logs, GPO, etc.) to gather the info about whether the employee actually does work from home?
Network consists of:
-Windows server 2012 (DC, DHCP, DNS, Storage)
-30 Client computers with windows 7. 8. 8.1 and 10
-TZ-500 Firewall
-2ea 48 PoE port managed Switch.
Any recommendation is greatly appreciated!
Looking forward to your responses.
Seb
We're looking for a solution that would give us the ability to monitor all employees that are working from a remote site.
We know that there are multiple ways to give users access to in office server files (VPN, RDP, etc.) but we would like to also be able to see if the users are "ACTUALLY working" when off site.
Ideally we'd like to monitor the following:
-How long user is "actually" working (not just logs that have when user logs in and out).
-What documents/items the user accesses during work and for how long.
-whether the user is just idle when accessing office network.
-granularity view all user actions logging into office network.
Is there a "Magic Bullet" solution for this or is this one of those "Use multiple existing options" scenario where we'll have to use logs from various places (VPN logs, server logs, GPO, etc.) to gather the info about whether the employee actually does work from home?
Network consists of:
-Windows server 2012 (DC, DHCP, DNS, Storage)
-30 Client computers with windows 7. 8. 8.1 and 10
-TZ-500 Firewall
-2ea 48 PoE port managed Switch.
Any recommendation is greatly appreciated!
Looking forward to your responses.
Seb
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WRT employee awareness - if the policy is changing substantially then employees will need to be made aware of changes.
@Rob,
Nobody here is a fan of Micro-Management, but when you have employees that work remote then you MUST be able to keep tabs on them. Trust is a huge factor, but can you honestly say that your remote employees are your most productive? If you say yes. then you have blinders on. Remote employees are often times your senior staff and unfortunatly those employees are the least productive because they have become complacent in their ways.
Establishing a metric and a way to manage and monitor employees both internal and remote is paramount to a strong and efficient business.
just my 2 cents..
Nobody here is a fan of Micro-Management, but when you have employees that work remote then you MUST be able to keep tabs on them. Trust is a huge factor, but can you honestly say that your remote employees are your most productive? If you say yes. then you have blinders on. Remote employees are often times your senior staff and unfortunatly those employees are the least productive because they have become complacent in their ways.
Establishing a metric and a way to manage and monitor employees both internal and remote is paramount to a strong and efficient business.
just my 2 cents..
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To be honest there have been occasions where I have worked from home and some might say that I have abused that privilege by not being at my computer constantly for the 9-5 working hours. However, I have also found that I have started earlier and/or finished later and have actually been more productive due to less distractions from other people in the office; phone calls and general chatting.
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Nice Solution, I didn't even know about that one..
Nice Solution, I didn't even know about that one..
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Hello All,
Thank you so much for all the great input. I'll evaluate all the options and Will choose which has all the needed features. Thanks again for all your help.
It's much appreciated.
Thank you so much for all the great input. I'll evaluate all the options and Will choose which has all the needed features. Thanks again for all your help.
It's much appreciated.
Can we close this question?
Also from a personal data protection side of things, you will have to make your employees aware of how they are going to be monitored and what will be recorded.