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"Video snacking", job search, IM chat, webmail, blogging, file sharing, shopping, streaming music/video, online gaming, downloading email attachments... there are a lot of ways for your employees to waste time at work and each of them is a compelling reason for your organization to have business filtering solutions in place. However, if you rely only on an AUP, you can set an expectation, but it does nothing to enforce your internet and email policies and combat productivity loss.
EdgeWave iPrism Web Security and Email Security are powerful tools that help enforce your AUP, ensuring that the resources you provide your users help them achieve business goals, not undermine them through loss of productivity. Employee Internet and Email abuse is not going away. According to a recent poll by the Computer Security Institute, 78 percent of companies surveyed reported employee abuse of Internet privileges.
Non-Business Related Surfing - Using the Internet for personal pursuits erodes productivity and can consume network bandwidth. Every new "Tube Storm" that has half your employees watching the same video at their desks can cripple your network. And "video snacking" means that lunch time now equals down time for your business applications.
Inappropriate Content - Whether it is Web sites with pornographic, racist, violent or hostile subject matter or SPAM or personal email with objectionable content, there are serious consequences when accessed by employees at work. Many companies have had to deal with lawsuits brought as the result of employees downloading objectionable material. Schools are required by CIPA (Child Internet Protection Act) to protect students from harmful content or risk losing critical e-Rate funds.
Spyware/Malware/Botnet/Phishing Attacks - These threats have been highly successful at draining system resources and even crippling machines. Maximizing your users' productivity becomes impossible when their systems are struggling to open applications and trying to repair the damage they inflict can also drain your IT resources. Whether problems occur as a result of visiting an infected site or inadvertently opening an email your spam filter missed, the results can wreck havoc on your network.
Circumvention Tools - These sites allow users to cloak their identity by accessing the internet through special sites that give them anonymity, and more importantly, attempt to subvert your acceptable use policy. Schools must contend with students' attempts to bypass Internet filters via anonymizer sites, while more and more businesses are contending with employees trying to bypass AUP rules.
Peer-to-Peer Networking (P2P) - While it is relatively easy to set up a P2P network, it's difficult to track down that song or movie you are looking for. Users can spend hours finding and downloading their media wish lists, putting your business goals at risk.
EdgeWave Secure Content Management Solutions give you the tools you need to enforce your AUP and assure that your sensitive data and intellectual property are protected from employee threats whether intentional or accidental. EdgeWave solutions deliver the flexibility and power you need in to keep your employees and students on-task while protecting your network:
- Easy-to-deploy Web and Email security in variety of delivery options, on-premises appliances, hosted services and hybrid solutions
- Comprehensive on-box Reporting and Real Time Monitor give you visibility into online behavior with views of both historical and real time Internet activity across your organization.
- iPrism Web Security's Hybrid Remote Filtering helps you protect your business by accurately enforcing your AUP for all employees whether on or off-premises.
- EdgeWave Email Security was proven in two independent studies to have the highest spam blocking rate with the lowest false positive and negatives, assuring that your business critical email is delivered while damaging threats are blocked
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