INTERNET SEARCHES FOR VETTING, INVESTIGATIONS, AND INTELLIGENCE
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6. Due diligence decisions should be made on the basis of the quality,
quantity, timeliness, and credibility of the intelligence presented;
that is, Internet intelligence can add to, but does not fundamen-
tally change, the legacy decision-making process.
In a large enterprise, it would be interesting to see how many hours
daily are spent online in pursuit of strictly business goals.
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Based on the
trends evident in user statistics, it appears that every department in every
organization with Internet access on employees’ workstations now depends
on Internet information for productivity. There is no doubt that Internet
searching is already a critical factor in timely informa