[4] IT organizations have turned to employee monitoring software to help detect and prevent insider threats.
[6] Companies may use keyword searches to natural language processing to analyze e-mails.
[10][12] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which originated the term "bossware", has denounced employee monitoring software as a violation of privacy.
[9][13] The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) denounced bossware as a threat to the safety and health of employees.
[8] A study by Reports and Data predicts that the global market for employee remote monitoring software will hit $1.3 billion by 2027.