A large organization decides that blogs cut productivity, supply misleading knowledge and could compromise defense. It discontinues access for its personnel, even though knowledge is a key weapon in competition. The question is whether that is a smart policy for a large organization, particularly the U.S. Air Force.

According to a report that week in Wired, the Air Force is eliminating access for its troops to virtually any site that uses the term “blog.” Sites are plus being blocked considering of a negative review of subject matter by supervising personnel. The move comes, according to the publication, as the Cyber Command of the Air Force Network Operations Center (AFNOC) takes by control of what sites Air Force personnel can visit, a responsibility previously borne by each major command.

Block First, thereupon Review

Maj. Henry Schott of AFNOC is quoted by Wired as saying that the Air Force personnel can still access “primary, official-use sources,” such as established

media like The New York Times. The basic concept is that non-legitimate sources of news shouldn’t be read during work instance considering of credibility, defense risks, and loss of productivity.

The Air Force will block other, less-established sources on the basis that they supply less credible data. The policy, according to one Cyber Command spokesperson, is to “block first and soon after review exceptions.” that means that Air Force personnel posting to or reading from sites that might relate to technical or military subjects have found themselves caught in the filters.

The tools used by the Air Force have included Secure Computing’s SmartFilter software, running the Web defense Appliance platform from Blue Coat software. According to a press release on Blue Coat’s site, SmartFilter’s worldly control list “continuously categorizes millions of Web sites into substance groups, including pornography, gambling and MP3.”

The Air Force has plus banned some sites…

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