Filtering Technology for Businesses

Internet Filtering Solutions

Most businesses today allow staff to access the Internet as it is a very important communication and information tool.  Unfortunately, this can introduce problems for businesses ranging from putting the business at risk of legal and police action and loss of employee productivity.

Businesses are increasingly finding the need to establish Internet Usage Policies. Employees are spending work time accessing non work related sites such as Facebook, eBay, social networking sites, dating sites, and pornography. Such accesses provide risk of inappropriate material such as pornography being accessed and being used to harass and bully other employees.  For this reason it is prudent to have acceptable usage policies for employees that cover Internet usage as part of their terms of employment.  Implementing Internet filtering is a key part of developing and enforcing online Usage Policies.To enable businesses to control the Internet acInterncess we provide solutions from Marshal8e6.  This technology uses advanced features to ensure that usage policies can be enforced as effectively as possible.  Features such as https filtering and proxy pattern blocking ensure that commonly used methods of bypassing filters will not be effective.  Marshal8e6 also offer optional enhancements such as full analysis of threats and internet protocol monitoring to ensure that businesses get the best out of their internet connections.  For more information go to Marshal8e6 R3000 ISP Filtering Technology and www.8e6.com

A specific risk is the accessing of web sites that contain images of child sexual abuse (CSAI) as this is illegal in many countries.  Watchdog supplies solutions designed specifically for this purpose that can be configured to work with whatever policies are in place in their country.

Dealing with Illegal Child Sexual Abuse Imagery in Businesses

Watchdog International provides solutions for businesses wishing to use their social responsibility dollars to invest in fighting the now global problem of child sexual exploitation. This investment has impact on a global and local level.  This requires not only filtering the Internet connections but also installing internal monitoring systems which can identify child sexual abuse images within their networks and detect when this material enters company networks.

There are two applications that businesses can employ to clear their business of CSAI and to give their employees, stakeholders and business community the clear message that CSA is not acceptable.

Filtering Internet Access with NetClean WhiteBox 

To block access to web sites containing CSAI only we provide technology from NetClean known as the Whitebox.  This solution is designed for larger organisations that have their own external internet connections with BGP routing.  More information is available about WhiteBox.

Detecting Child Sexual Abuse Images in Computer Networks with NetClean ProActive

The problem of CSAI extends further than the Web.  There are people who collect these images and often use work computers to store these for viewing or to send them to other collectors.  Research on convicted offenders have shown that this has taken place.  There is a real risk that businesses that employ more that 1000 people will have at least one person on their staff who is involved in this.  Because this activity is illegal these people expose their employees to risks including loss of productivity and bad press should the offender be found out by the authorities.  These investigations can involve the seizing of equipment such as servers that can have a real impact on a business.  Having technology that detects this activity allows businesses to deal with these people with minimal impact on their business.

Netclean ProActive is the technology that we recommend to address this risk.  This solution involves software that scans files on servers as well as agents that run on all computers.  These agents scan local drives and connected devices such as thumb drives and CDs.  Email to and from an organisation can be scanned as well to ensure that images of this sort of content can be identified.  ProActive compares scanned images to signatures of known CSAI images that have been obtained from law enforcement authorities. Click through to product information on NetClean ProActive.

Make Your Corporate Social Responsibility Dollars Count!

The implementation of these technologies is a strong statement to employees, stakeholders, the business community locally and globally. Implementation is an effective deterrent for paedophiles who would otherwise use business computer networks to store, distribute and sell CSAI. Further, it raises awareness that this activity is illegal and socially unacceptable which is a key part of combating the rise in child sexual exploitation both locally and globally.