Having users with unrestricted Internet access can cause untold problems.
Firstly, there is the security issue.....
Users receive an email and click on any of it's links connecting to a website that surreptitiously downloads a Trojan to the users computers creating a hole in your network security that can be exploited for commercial or financial gain.
If this happened to the Accounts computer, then that could have company wide ramifications with financial data being stolen.
With more and more phishing attacks every day, this problem will continue to escalate.
Secondly, there is the productivity issue.....
If one of your users is spending an hour a day surfing the web for non business related activities, then chances are they are not the only one. Across the organisation, this can mean hundreds of hours in wasted productivity which can in turn, result in lost revenue and wasted expenditure.
Content Filtering is now common place in most organisations as it ensures all the potential risks of allowing users to have internet access, are minimized for both security and productivity.
The problem can be resolved by deploying a Gateway Appliance that sits between the Router or Firewall and the internal network, or alternatively, by deploying a software based Content Filtering solution such as WebSense.
A SCM Gateway Appliance from McAfee provides not only Content Filtering, but also Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus defence at the perimeter of the network.
However, these solutions only prevent certain images from entering your network. Encrypted, embedded and compressed images circumvent these solutions easily. Images brought in by CD, DVD, Mobile phone, USB Stick also slip through the net unseen.
Often Businesses have no visibility to their degree of exposure to indecent images in the workplace and assume that gateway protection is adequate. It's only after an image incident, does the Business realise the true scale of the problem. By then, it's normally too late.
A complete solution would a combination of Gateway Content Filtering and regular Image audits to ensure that content is not being brought into the organisation by other means.
We are currently offering free initial Image Audits to allow organisations to gauge their current exposure to indecent images. There is no charge for this service, and certainly no obligation...
To find out more about our Image Audits, click here
The WebSense solution is an ideal solution for any business looking to regain control of it's internet access and provides the ideal opportunity for "acceptable use" policies to be enforced.
As Websense Sapphire Partners, we can install and configure the Websense solution to meet the exact requirements of your business.
For more information on each solution, please click the links next to the icons, or call us.
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Call us on 0870 486 8100 and we will make sure you're protected.....