Monitoring employee Web use: Should you monitor employees' Web use? This is the question discussed in an article at the Microsoft Small Business Center, which says executives should ask themselves whether monitoring solves a real problem, or is fueled by paranoia. Overzealous monitoring can backfire, so you need a reasonable balance between security and privacy. There are plenty of affordable monitoring tools out there, and this site gives a high-level overview of such tools and helps you figure out the best way to implement a monitoring program. (Click to close this window)