Cognizant begins monitoring employee laptop and web activity on select projects; here’s why

Cognizant Technology Solutions is reportedly rolling out new monitoring technologies to detect employee activities on company-issued laptops and PCs. According to reports in Mint and other publications, the company has begun training select executives on how to use workforce-tracking solutions like ProHance to monitor staff laptop activity and application usage on specific client projects.

The workforce management tool analyses mouse and keyboard activity to determine employee engagement levels. An employee can be flagged as ‘idle’ if there is no…