Hosted Web Filtering Service
MessageLabs Web Security Services operates at the internet level to monitor or block URLs and to intercept viruses and spyware, protecting your network and remote users. The two key security features include;
- Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus stops web-borne spyware and viruses before they infiltrate your network, protecting your business from information theft and costly diminished network performance.
- URL filtering enables you to block access to unwanted websites by URL, allowing you to control Internet use and enforce acceptable Internet usage policies, helping to keep employee use of the Internet productive.
URL Filtering
A core part of or Hosted Web Security Services is Web Filtering, which assists you to enforce acceptable usage policies. Our Web Filtering gives you control over how your staff utilizes the internet, helping to protect your business from the legal implications that can arise from inappropriate use, while enabling you to block access to websites by URL, time of day, or file type.
Our Web Filter is highly configurable and contains a sophisticated database of websites around which policies and rules controlling web use can be developed. This enables you to:
- Monitor and control website access and internet use across your organization.
- Block access to specific websites or over 50 broader website categories.
- Create flexible time-based rules that limit access to non-work-related sites to specific times.
- Block access to certain file types such as mp3, mpeg or other bandwidth-heavy media files.
- Schedule or run on-demand reports detailing web activity within the organization.
Web AntiSpyware & AntiVirus Protection
A growing number of legitimate websites contain spyware, viruses or other malware that download automatically when users click on the links that hide them. The MessageLabs Web Security service protects your business from these threats, which can steal your confidential information, re-direct your web searches to harmful sites, and diminish your network’s performance or worse.Our Web Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus service provides protection spyware and has a service level for 100% protection from web viruses. We use multiple signature scanning engines plus our proprietary technology, Skeptic™, to deliver the ultimate protection from the most sophisticated and targeted web based threats.
With MessageLabs Web Security Services offers:
- a service level for 100% protection from known web viruses
- protection against spyware
- scanning of all web requests (including images, PDFs and media) for malicious code
- customised block pages to support your end users
Why MessageLabs Web Security Services?
Our Web Security service is a managed service, so all the malware scanning and web filtering is performed at the internet level in our vast network of datacenters. Web Security Services can be quickly deployed and configured with the usage policies you require.| Challenge | Hosted Web Security | Benefit |
| Minimising excessive and inappropriate web use | Highly configurable policy engine allows URL blocking of specific websites, website categories, and file types | Acceptable use policies can be enforced and bandwidth can be preserved |
| Stopping infections from viruses and spyware | Real-time scanning of all web requests for malicious code before they are delivered to your network | Helps ensure safe browsing |
| Protect roaming web users who are outside your network | Roaming user functionality | Maintains consistency, so the same policies and protection are applied to all employees |
| Monitoring employee web use | On demand, scheduled and detailed reporting available | Full visibility and accountability of web use amongst your employees |
| Ensure web access is always controlled and protected | Managed service with 100% availability service level | Continuous protection and filtering is always in place – no system updates required |
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