Web Filtering, Web Filtering Appliance

Easy set-up and provisioning: Once you install the Remote Web Filtering Client software, you can manage and report on remote users easily from iPrism's browser-based central management console. And unlike solutions from other vendors, such as Web filtering proxy solutions, iPrism eliminates administrative burdens:
- No additional system modules to install off-box and on your server. Web filtering with iPrism is a true hybrid.
- Eliminates the insecurity of copying users' directory service credentials off-premises
- No emails required to educate roaming users on self-provisioning

Secure Client-Based Hybrid Web Filtering Technology: Unlike other vendors that rely on PAC file-based hybrid solutions, iPrism uses lightweight, low-latency, tamper-proof and application-agnostic client software. This unique combination of hosted Web filtering and the iPrism Web Filtering appliance eases the burden on IT Admin resources:
- Eliminates the need to restrict users' workstation privileges
- No need to restrict application usage
- No changes to or restrictions on users' browser proxy settings

Accurate Off-Premises Policy Enforcement: The iPrism Remote Web Filtering client is location aware, which means you can apply and enforce the same or a different policy for roaming users, whether on- or off-premises relative to the corporate network. This also allows users to negotiate captive portals encountered at wireless hotspots such as airports, hotels, coffee houses and others.

Centralized Administration and Reporting: Real-time monitoring and drill-down reporting work the same for your remote users as for those on-premises. You can run separate reports on remote users, isolate an individual remote user or include remote users in regular company-wide reports.

Bandwidth Conservation - No Latency: Unlike other remote Web filters, iPrism helps conserve your bandwidth, because there are no VPN tunnels and no deployments in your DMZ to hog network bandwidth so low latency is assured.

Distributed Data Center: A nationwide network of powerful, distributed data center cloud services supports iPrism's Remote Filtering so your users never encounter availability issues.

Our unique hybrid approach to remote filtering includes communications between the Web Filter and the Remote Filtering Client. The data center cloud service functions as a go-between, making sure the Web filter remain secure and conserving bandwidth.

iPrism Remote Filtering Establishes Policy
The iPrism Remote Filter defines policies for your remote users in accordance with your acceptable use policy (AUP). These policies are then pushed to the Data Center, where they are stored securely and confidentially to be applied to your remote clients once they are enabled.

iPrism Remote Filtering Enforces Policy
When a remote user accesses the Internet, the client software is connected to the data center and receives a disposition for the Web request based on its iGuard database URL rating and the profile that applies to the remote client. The data center tells the client to block or allow a site and to monitor or not to monitor the user's Internet activity.

iPrism Remote Filtering Sends Logs and Generates Reports
Periodically, the client sends logs of all your users' Internet activities on remote PCs or Macs to the data center. These logs are pulled on-demand and added to the local reports database. This gives you a single source of management reports for all users whether on or off-premises. Our unique technology allows you to compile reports from across your organization and drill down to a single user regardless of location.