Work emails and correspondence, especially those exchanged using corporate emails and servers, often contain sensitive, work-related information. If we want to be assured that all our office communications are secure, we must first have secure means of inter-office communication.
Case in point is the choice of instant messaging application that we use in the office. Personal instant messaging apps like YM or Skype are suitable for maintaining personal communications but might lack the necessary security required by often confidential office correspondences. Desktop IM clients are effective tools used for conducting office communication.
But since we know that instant messaging apps are prone to vulnerabilities and exploits like account hijacking and eavesdropping, it would be best if we choose a reliable and secure instant messaging service for office or corporate use.
Corporate instant messaging systems often communicate through a central server that can be configured with the office firewalls, making office communications more secure.
Your choice of office instant messaging service should be able to: 1) scan instant messaging file transfers for viruses 2) have varying permissions on peer-to-peer messaging and 3) can be configured to either block file transfers or allow such transfers only from specific users.
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