WebController Web Filtering Service
With office internet connection often far superior than at home, it is not surprising that staff misuse of the internet at work has become a serious concern. There are real threats facing your business and lost productivity has a high cost.
The Department of Industry's April 2006 information security breaches survey, UURN 06/806, reports that 17% of UK businesses suffered staff misuse of web access. 41% of this misuse involved staff accessing inappropriate websites, including accessing illegal material.
Why WebController?
Developed and supported by Opal, a subsidiary of The Carphone Warehouse Group plc and a leading supplier of innovative security solutions to protect IT infrastructures.
- cost effective
- increase employee productivity
- reduce employers' legal liability
- immediate protection from web threats
- quick to deploy with no hardware or software
- save costs of fixing damaged IT infrastructure
- powerful reporting on employee web usage and threat data
The Threats
- Business continuity - web based viruses, trojans, worms and spyware are a threat to business operations and can result in considerable costs to fix damaged IT infrastructures.
- Legal - UK legislation makes employers responsible for employees downloading offensive web content. There have been many high profile cases of businesses in court for the wrong reasons.
- Network resource usage - employees can feel the temptation to use corporate resource to host applications or download free music. Is this the best use of business resources?
WebController: Internet-level web security solution
WebController provides everything a business requires to define and enforce all aspects of web security and usage policies. The combination of world-class heuristics technology, complimented by a network of threat experts means that web threats are analysed and defences updated immediately.
- Access Manager allows you to define and enforce employee internet usage
- Threat Manager provides multi-tier protection of all web content, blocking 100% of malware and executable files before they reach your network.
Comprehensive management and control
WebController's secure online portal empowers administrators with management and reporting capabilities that enable effective policy definition, enforcement, monitoring and reporting.
Policies can be defined for the whole business or down to an individual user. Real-time visibility of web traffic and threat data, together with the ability to make policy changes immediately, ensure that web security management matches the dynamic needs of the business. Integration with MailController ,our email security solution, gives you total internet and email control.
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