Today's Internet is dominated by connectivity and collaboration.
As organizations and users alike are utilizing a combination of
enterprise and publicly available tools, applications, and
communities, the Internet and corporate networks are awash with Web
2.0 applications, such as social networks, instant messaging, VoIP,
gaming, and sharing applications.
While traditional security tools, such as URL filtering,
firewalls, and Intrusion Prevention Systems, continue to play an
invaluable role in perimeter defenses, they do not provide for,
secure, or manage these new, highly evasive applications. Designed
specifically to communicate, these applications are capable of
hopping from port to port, using encryption and non-standard
protocols, and tunneling over HTTP to ensure a seamless end user
experience.
An effective Web security solution for today's Internet must
encompass a broad range of capabilities:
- Web
2.0 and Social Networking Controls - control features
and content posted to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, including
logging and archiving; manage more than 5,000 Web 2.0
applications
- IM
Security - manage and secure all public IM against
inbound threats and information leakage to ensure compliance
- Web
Filtering - monitor and control employee access to
websites without impacting network performance or employee
productivity
- Malware Prevention
- stop spyware, rootkits, worms, and blended threats at the gateway
before they can impact the business
- Skype
Management - enforce usage policies by feature and
version, log content sent, and apply disclaimers
- Peer-to-Peer Control -
block inappropriate use of P2P networks that consume bandwidth and
create legal exposure
Unified Security Gateway
Actiance delivers Web security through Unified
Security Gateway (USG), the only Secure Web Gateway to combine
feature and content controls of social networks with the
monitoring, management, and security of Web 2.0 applications. Thus,
applications such as instant messaging can be safely accessed via
URL filtering, anti-malware, and Web anti-virus features. With USG,
organizations can easily monitor, manage, and secure employee use
of all Internet channels, implementing powerful policies that
prevent inbound malware threats, minimize data leakage, and meet
compliance requirements.
With USG, enterprises can:
- Moderate and record all content posted to Facebook, LinkedIn,
and Twitter
- Protect confidential information from leaving the organization
over the Web and Web 2.0 channels
- Meet corporate and regulatory compliance requirements for
real-time communications and Web 2.0 applications
- Reduce operational expenses by consolidating disparate Internet
security solutions into a single, easy-to-manage, unified
solution
- Gain insight into and improve decision-making about security
issues and Internet usage through integrated real-time reporting
and monitoring
- Increase manageability with centralized enforcement of all
Internet usage over Web, IM, P2P, and Web 2.0 applications,
including social networks, blogs, and webmail
- Monitor and control access to inappropriate websites that can
waste company resources, create legal liability and compliance
breaches, and waste valuable bandwidth
Learn more about Unified Security Gateway.