How closely should financial services firms monitor their employees for use of unauthorized electronic communication channels to conduct company business? What are some of the technology options available? Is it possible to have honest conversations with employees about this topic?

For compliance professionals at these firms, establishing a set of policies and procedures to prevent employee use of nonauthorized electronic communications to conduct business is relatively straightforward.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...