Employee Computer
Monitoring Software
- Improve Productivity
Track unproductive web browsing, app use, and idle time to detect time-wasting - Intuitive User Activity Reports
Detailed reports make it easy to understand employee computer activity - Enhance Visibility
Get advanced insights into application, internet, and removable device usage
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Monitor Employee Activity to Improve Productivity & Security
Get the insights you need to manage projects and guide your remote teams to success
Monitor Employee Productivity
CurrentWare’s detailed employee productivity reports provide managers with the productivity metrics they need to better understand how employees spend their time at work.
- Track the use of apps and websites to find out who is wasting work time on social media, computer games, and other distractions
- Track employee employee engagement across your entire workforce, a specific team, and individual employees
- Review the websites that were open during inactive periods to verify that idle time was spent on work-related tasks
Track Login & Logout Times
Combine idle time tracking with logon history reports to get a full picture of your employee’s activity levels.
- Audit logon and logoff times to see how long your employee’s are working at their computers
- Get a record of each time your employees startup, restart, and shutdown their computers
- Verify that employees working from home are active during work hours and see when they are taking breaks
Protect Company Data From Insider Threats
CurrentWare’s user activity monitoring and data loss prevention features give you the activity logs you need to protect against a data breach to insider threats.
- Prevent data breaches with proactive alerts of high-risk activities like using unauthorized portable storage devices
- Monitor employee activity for high-risk software and web browsing
- Audit employee computer activity for suspicious activity and anomalous behaviors
Take Screenshots
of Employees’ Screens
Our employee monitoring software lets you capture screenshots of your employees’ screens to see exactly what they are doing on their computers.
- Capture high-resolution and compressed screenshots
- Automatically delete older screenshots to reduce storage needs
- Screenshots are tagged with the website or application that was being used, the time, and the name of the computer
Save Money With Genuine Software Usage Data
Underutilized software costs businesses a staggering $34 billion per year! With genuine insights into employee application usage you can make informed software asset management decisions.
- Find the utilization rate of specific pieces of software
- Discover what SaaS tools have fallen out of use
- Ensure you have enough licenses to meet genuine demand
Monitor USB Activity for Suspicious and High-risk Behaviour
Improve data security with increased visibility into high-risk data transfers and USB activity.
- Receive real time email alerts when employees violate your endpoint security policies
- Audit file operations reports to see files that have been copied, created, deleted, or renamed on removable media devices
- Review USB activity logs to trace data breaches back to their source
Centralized Management for Scalable Computer Monitoring
Easily monitor the computer activity of your users and apply security policies from a convenient central console.
- Granular Control: Control USB devices based on groups of users or computers
- AD Sync: Use Active Directory sync to import your existing organizational units
- Remote Devices: USB device control policies continue to apply even when endpoints disconnect from the network
The Benefits of the Best Employee Monitoring Software
Why is computer monitoring software so popular? This video shows the key reasons why employers use computer monitoring software to track activity on employee computers.
Why Use Employee Monitoring Software?
Enforce Computer Use Policies
Get Alerts of Policy Violations
An employee computer use policy helps ensure that your team members are aware of their responsibilities, but it’s not enough.
To make your policies truly effective you need employee computer tracking software to detect unwanted computer activity.
BrowseReporter’s automated computer activity alerts make it the best employee monitoring software for enforcing company policies. These alerts notify you when employees are visiting high-risk, inappropriate, or unproductive websites.
Maintain Evidence of Misuse
Employee monitoring software bolsters your policy enforcement by providing you with auditable records of employee computer activity.
BrowseReporter’s database is protected against tampering by your end-users; evidence of employee computer activity and lost productivity remains intact even when they use private browsing modes or clear their internet history.
Find Bandwidth Hogs On Your Network
Reduce Operational Costs
Are bandwidth upgrades necessary, or is an employee’s misuse of the internet what’s causing bottlenecks?
With BrowseReporter’s bandwidth usage reports you can identify which employees are consuming excessive amounts of bandwidth.
Find out if your organization is making optimal use of its current bandwidth before investing in expensive networking upgrades.
Improve Network Performance
Monitoring bandwidth usage provides a baseline performance metric that you can use to detect outliers in network traffic.
With this data you can identify productivity-draining bandwidth hogs in your network, then block them to reduce unnecessary strain on your network’s available bandwidth.
Manage Employee Productivity
Coach Underperforming Employees
While occasional web surfing might be okay so long as employees are getting their work done, workplace internet abuse can be a serious detriment to productivity.
Using employee productivity tracking software provides employees, managers, and HR with a benchmark for Employee Performance Improvement Plans (PIP).
Empower Self-Management
The use of employee computer monitoring software does not have to be an exclusively top-down approach. With BrowseReporter you can give your employees on-demand access to their productivity and computer activity data.
This approach to employee monitoring will foster happier, more creative, and more productive teams by empowering them to self-manage their productivity.
Optimize Work Processes
Are deadlines being missed because your employees are being interrupted by meetings, becoming sidetracked by other tasks, or because they’re consistently blocked by other departments?
The productivity insights provided by employee computer monitoring software allows you to identify inefficiencies so you can optimize work processes.
Protect Your Business From Liability Risks
Detect Software Piracy
Employers have a responsibility to prevent the use of unlicensed software in their organization.
Employee application monitoring software shows you what software is being used on work computers, providing an early warning of piracy in the workplace.
Stop Workplace Harassment
Allowing employees to access pornographic, hateful, or crude websites at work is a serious liability risk.
Don’t risk creating a hostile work environment. Restrict and monitor employee computer activity to ensure that company resources are being used appropriately.
Meet Compliance Requirements
Controlling internet use is an essential part of securing your network against web-based threats.
Without critical security controls in place an employee can infect your network with malware or transfer sensitive data to unauthorized file storage sites.
Improve Visibility of Remote Workers
Compare Productivity of Remote & In-Office Employees
Without visibility into workflows, how can you be certain that your employees are as productive working from home as they are in the office?
Using BrowseReporter’s productivity by location reports you can analyze employee productivity trends to see where they thrive and verify attendance.
Praise High Performing Employees & Identify Shirkers
Many leaders worry that their employees will be distracted, or worse—actively disengaged—while they work from home.
Remote employee monitoring software is a valuable tool for identifying poor performers, improving visibility into employee productivity, and providing high-performers an opportunity to demonstrate their efforts.
Provide Opportunities for Flexible Employee Schedules
How do you keep a pulse on the activity levels of your remote workforce when everyone is so disconnected from each other?
Remote employee monitoring software provides you with a clear picture of when employees are working on their computers so you can rest assured that they are engaged no matter how they like to schedule their time.
Save Money on Unused Software
Underutilized software costs businesses a staggering $34 billion per year! With BrowseReporter’s software usage analysis features, you can track software usage in your company and uncover opportunities to reduce software licensing.
- Track Windows software usage and user activity to detect the use of unsafe or unproductive programs.
- Use the Windows software usage reports to improve software usage tracking in the workplace and better manage software licenses
- Monitor application usage in your network for suspicious and unfamiliar applications.
- Use the drilldown dashboard to find out the utilization rate of specific pieces of software
- Combine BrowseReporter with BrowseControl’s application blocker to prevent your users from launching specific applications.
Case Study
Shady Maple Transforms Their Productivity With Internet Filtering & Employee Computer Monitoring Software
“Being able to identify negative browsing trends and put a stop to them within a couple of hours has meant that our employees are focused on the job almost all of the time. We have become an extremely efficient workforce."
Employee Computer Activity Dashboards & Reports
BrowseReporter’s user activity dashboards and computer usage reports give you the insights you need to identify productivity leaks, detect excessive bandwidth usage, reduce software costs, and improve business intelligence.
User Activity Dashboards
- Use the collected data to review aggregated results of your entire workforce or drill down to individual users
- Select the date range and activities you want to populate the dashboard with
- Use the activity log to review raw data; add/remove columns, sort data, and export to .XLSX or .PDF
Track Productive vs Unproductive Time
- View time spent on productive vs unproductive web browsing & app use
- Customize to what is considered productive in your organization
- Compare trends in aggregated & individual productivity over time
- Use IP-based location tracking to compare productivity levels between time spent in-office vs time spent working remotely
Idle Time Tracking
- Find out when remote employees are idling for too long or spending too much of their working hours on non-work related activities
- Customize idle time based on the last keyboard/mouse inputs
- Discover which departments or employees are the most active
Bandwidth Monitoring
- Detect bandwidth-hogging websites on your network
- Review bandwidth usage trends to inform network capacity planning
- See which individual users or groups have the greatest bandwidth usage
Track Website & Application Usage
- Detect the use of unauthorized software applications
- Track which apps & sites employees use solo, as a team, or as a company
- Determine software adoption rates with usage data for apps and SaaS sites
Take Screenshots Of Your Employees’ Desktops
- Capture high-resolution and compressed screenshots of your employee’s desktops to see exactly what they're doing on their computers.
- The employee screenshot monitoring software feature can be configured to automatically delete older screenshots to reduce storage requirements
- Screenshots are tagged with the website or application that was being used, the time, and the name of the computer that was captured
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Employee Monitoring Starter Kit
This kit provides your organization with the tools it needs to implement a successful employee monitoring strategy.
- Templates for policies and disclosures
- Presentations for key stakeholders
- Best practices for monitoring employees
Flexible Deployment Options
On-Premises | Remote Workers | Self-Managed Cloud Platforms
When you use CurrentWare products the data you collect remains solely in your control, giving you the flexibility to decide where data is stored and for how long. Your employee’s data cannot be accessed by CurrentWare.
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Deploy the Software
Install the Console & Server on a computer, server, or a cloud platform of your choice. Then deploy the Clients to your users’ computers.
Manage your Users
Organize your PCs/Users into custom policy groups. Get advanced awareness & control over how technology is used in your organization.
Get all 4 modules for the best value or choose the exact solution you need
Get Advanced Activity Insights
BrowseReporter is a versatile employee monitoring software to track productivity and efficiency.
- Make informed decisions
- Enforce company policies
- Improve productivity
Block Dangerous & Unwanted Sites
BrowseControl is an easy-to-use website blocking software for restricting internet access.
- Block URLs & categories
- Block unwanted apps
- Website allow & block lists
Stop Data Theft to USB Devices
AccessPatrol is USB control software to protect sensitive data against theft to portable storage devices.
- Block USB devices
- USB file activity alerts
- Block file transfers
Remotely Control PC Power States
enPowerManager is a remote PC power manager for centrally managing power settings across all endpoints.
- Track logon and logoff times
- Log PC power event history
- Remotely shutdown PCs
Check Out Our Great Reviews on Capterra!
The reporting feature offers accurate insights on internet activities in order to ensure compliance & organization policies are met. The offsite management feature makes it easy to monitor those working from home.
Carroline Achieng O., Sales Consultant
Absa Life Assurance, 10,001+ Employees
BrowseReporter is simple to use and provides our company with the information we were looking for. Having BrowseReporter installed has prevented any internet abuse. This was exactly what we wanted!
Denise P., IT Manager
Paper & Forest Products, 51-200 Employees
BrowseReporter allows us to better control the activities of our remote employees, which are growing in number due to our transformation policy. It prevents irregular practices that go against our company's basic labor standards.
Kilmer M., Senior Director of Advertising
Financial Services Company, 51-200 Employees
BrowseReporter is an extremely useful piece of software for monitoring our employees' devices while they are at work. It enables us to view data in real time, conduct detailed analyses of each employee's activities, and improve productivity where necessary.
Sebastian P., Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer
Retail, 10,001+ Employees
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CurrentWare Features
Internet ON/OFF
One click to completely block
the Internet
URL Filter
Allowed list or Blocked list for
specific URLs
Category Filtering
Block websites based on
content categories
Internet Scheduler
Set unique restrictions at specific
times of the day
Internet Monitoring
Track what websites are being
visited by employees
Web Activity Reports
15+ different detailed web
activity reports
Track Application Use
See what applications are being
used by employees
Email Reports
Automatically email reports of web
usage to managers
Block USB
Block unauthorized USBs to protect
against data theft
Block External Devices
Easily block DVDs, external drives
& other peripherals
Device Permissions
Set full access, read only or no
access on storage devices
Allowed List
Allow specific storage devices on
your network
Centralized Console
Manage all your users from the
centralized console with Active
Directory import or syncing
Platform Security
Protect your CurrentWare console
with 2FA, passwords, privilege
management, and more
Offsite Management
Extend onsite security policies to any remote computer running outside the corporate network
SQL Server Supported
Database scaled for enterprise and
large business operations using
Microsoft SQL Server
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Employee Monitoring Software FAQs
What is Computer Monitoring Software?
Computer monitoring programs are used by employers and IT professionals to track a variety of computer activities including USB device usage, web browsing, application usage, login/logout times, and idle time.
Employers use employee monitoring tools to monitor employee activity, productivity, adherence, and conduct at the workplace.
With monitoring software on employee computers managers can generate productivity reports that help them to ensure that employees spend less time on unproductive activities and more time focused on work related tasks. They may also use these tools for automatic time tracking purposes, ensuring that employees are working their designated work hours.
IT professionals use the activity logs of network monitoring software and other monitoring systems for insider threat detection to ensure that their users are using the network and devices safely. They will also monitor computer activities to diagnose network performance issues.
What Does the Best Computer Monitoring Software Do?
Computer monitoring software is a powerful monitoring tool that is used to see what users are doing on a remote computer.
This data provides valuable information for improving the performance and security of monitored devices.
By tracking the online behavior of employees you can ensure that their internet access is being used appropriately.
The best computer monitoring software records a variety of computer activities, including:
- Internet history (Websites visited, idle/active time, etc)
- Applications used
- Bandwidth usage
- File operations (files that are copied/created/deleted)
- Startup/shutdown events
- Logon/logoff events
These tools can also send email notifications to
alert a manager when undesirable or suspicious activities happen on monitored computers.
These activity reports serve as valuable evidence of unproductive or high-risk computer activity.
What Support Options Does CurrentWare Offer?
CurrentWare provides direct customer support by phone, live chat, and email. We also maintain a self-serve knowledge base with frequently asked questions, instructions, and tutorial videos.
This level of support is available for during your free trial evaluation and while your CurrentWare subscription is active.
How Much Does CurrentWare's Computer Monitoring Software Cost?
CurrentWare’s employee and computer monitoring software solutions can be purchased individually for the greatest flexibility or as a bundle for the best value.
When purchasing individually, BrowseReporter, BrowseControl, and AccessPatrol start as low as $3.99 USD per license per month (paid annually), making it the right employee monitoring solution for small business owners and large enterprises alike.
Volume license discounts are available starting for as low as 100 users, with discounts increasing depending on the number of licenses.
There are additional discounts available for educational organizations, non-profits, managed services providers, and for businesses that pre-purchase multiple year plans.
Looking for a quote? Contact our sales team here.
Are There Any Limits to the Free Trial?
The 14 day free trial for all of CurrentWare’s computer monitoring software solutions are fully functional. You can deploy it on up to 10 computers. If you need more time or more computers to properly evaluate CurrentWare in your organization, reach out to our sales team.
Does CurrentWare's Computer Monitoring Software Work With a Remote Workforce?
Yes. The computer monitoring software agent that is installed on the monitored computer has the ability to restrict and monitor the device even if it does not have a connection with the CurrentWare Server. This means that your remote workforce will continue to be monitored and restricted even when mobile devices disconnect from the network.
The client agent stores and enforces the policies locally on the device. The monitoring systems’ last known policies will continue to be enforced even if the computer loses internet connection or connects to a different network.
Note: If you wish to update policies on client agents outside of the network they will need to be able to communicate with the CurrentWare Server. Once a connection is reestablished you will receive your employee’s computer usage data and any CurrentWare policy updates will take effect.
Does CurrentWare Have Access to My Employee Monitoring Data?
No, CurrentWare cannot access your employee’s computer monitoring data. CurrentWare’s software does not send your user’s computer usage data to CurrentWare. They are installed and managed by your organization.
All of the data collected by CurrentWare’s software is stored on a database that is installed in your organization’s data center or cloud service provider.
With CurrentWare’s on-premises & self-managed cloud deployment options, you’re in complete control of your data.
- Sensitive employee data stays secured to your standards rather than being sent to a third party.
- Maintain data localization and residency compliance requirements by keeping employee data exactly where it needs to be.
- Retain auditable records of user activity for as long as you need
For more information please refer to our Terms of Service.
Does CurrentWare Support User Activity Monitoring in Citrix?
Yes, our employee monitoring solution is compatible with Citrix. You can install the CurrentWare Clients on any Citrix Workspace or virtual machine running Windows.
CurrentWare has been tested to be compatible with the following virtual desktop solutions: VMware, Parallels, VirtualBox, Oracle VM, Virtual-PC, and Hyper-V.
For more information please refer to our system requirements.
Does the Productivity by Location Feature Use GPS Tracking?
No, CurrentWare’s employee productivity monitoring features do not use GPS tracking. Instead, it uses the IP address of the network the remote computer connects to to determine if the employee is working in the office or offsite. When configuring BrowseReporter’s remote vs in-office tracking you will tell BrowseReporter which IP addresses should be considered in-office; all other IP addresses will be considered remote.
Is This Cloud Based Computer Monitoring Software?
CurrentWare’s computer monitoring software solutions can be deployed on-premises or on a virtual machine on a cloud platform of your choice.
Learn More: How to Deploy CurrentWare to the Cloud
Is Computer Monitoring Software Legal?
While in the majority of cases a company can monitor their employees so long as they have a legitimate business reason for doing so, it’s not always that simple. A variety of factors influence what employers can and cannot monitor including federal and state laws and collective bargaining agreements.
When using monitoring tools it is essential that you are in compliance with any federal and state laws or regulations that pertain to an employee’s privacy rights in the workplace.
Before implementing tracking software it’s essential that you consult legal counsel to go over any legal considerations for your jurisdiction.
Will CurrentWare's Computer Monitoring Software Track Web Browsing When Users Uses Private Browsing Modes or Delete Their Browsing History?
Yes. CurrentWare’s software client collects user activity data independent of the browser’s browsing history.
Browsing data will remain intact for use in reports and dashboards even if the user deletes their web browsing history in their browser or uses a private browsing function such as Incognito Mode On Google Chrome, Private Browsing On Mozilla Firefox, and InPrivate Browsing Window On Microsoft Edge.
How is the CurrentWare Suite Secured?
CurrentWare is committed to the security of its platform, its users and their data.
- All of the data collected by CurrentWare’s solutions is stored in your organization’s data center or cloud service provider; the data is not sent to CurrentWare.
- The web console cannot be accessed without a username and password. For an added layer of authentication security you can enable two-factor authentication.
- You can selectively enable/disable what data is tracked and delete old records automatically.
For a complete overview of the security measures that CurrentWare has in place, check out the CurrentWare platform security overview page.
What Are the System Requirements for CurrentWare's Computer Monitoring Software?
The software clients that will be installed on the employees computers are compatible with Windows operating systems.
With the Web Console you can manage your administrative settings from any browser on any operating system.
The server be installed and hosted from a Microsoft based operating system.
CurrentWare is verified to be Citrix Ready for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service (XenApp & XenDesktop service). You can install the CurrentWare Clients on your Citrix Workspace running Windows.
Learn More: CurrentWare System Requirements
How Does Computer Monitoring Software Work?
CurrentWare’s computer monitoring software solutions track employee computer activity using a software client agent that is installed on their computers.
The CurrentWare Client sends all of the data it collects to the CurrentWare Server. From there, an administrator or manager can log in to the CurrentWare Web Console to generate reports on their employee’s computer usage.
Computer monitoring tools can also be used to monitor offsite devices; all that’s needed is a simple port forwarding configuration, deployment to a cloud-based virtual machine, or a VPN. You can learn more about using CurrentWare’s computer monitoring software to monitor remote workers here.
Any time the CurrentWare Client loses connection to the CurrentWare Server it will cache the computer activity data locally until a connection is reestablished.
What Are the Pros and Cons of Employee Monitoring?
Employee monitoring is not without its risks. Before monitoring your employees with employee monitoring software you must first evaluate the pros and cons of employee monitoring to see if it’s the right choice for your company.
The Pros of Employee Monitoring:
- Reducing employee time theft
- Improve employee productivity
- Protect sensitive data against insider threats
- Enforce compliance with company policies
- Save money on underutilized software
The Cons of Employee Monitoring:
- Employees may have privacy concerns
- Excessively invasive monitoring can be illegal in some jurisdictions
- Employers that use monitoring tools to control and micromanage their staff can harm employee morale
- Employee data may be sensitive, making misuse a significant concern
Learn More: Pros and Cons of Employee Monitoring