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How does Web Filtering protect you?

Preventing workers from downloading attachments with viruses or viewing pornography are two obvious motivations for filtering. In addition, if employees spend a lot of time accessing irrelevant or inappropriate websites, the wasted time can add up along with your bandwidth costs.

Protecting your company from online threats, lost work hours, and rising costs can be quite a balancing act, but it has become an essential requirement as as more workers use social Media sites and Networks in the office.

How does Web Filtering work?

Web filter tools and appliances work in very similar ways. Web Filtering algorithms determine if material should be blocked. The algorithm’s are a set of rules that the software uses to check and filter content for restricted websites or items and/or threats. For example, a rule might identify foul language, another page links that lead to adult sites. The software looks at URL web addresses and search engine keywords, comparing them to a list of flagged items. When access is attempted to an inappropriate site, the filtering software / appliance stops the connection.

What are the business benefits of Web Filtering?

If your business has been suffering due to the misuse of the Internet and the downloading of files such as music, film and applications then web filtering software could be the answer you are looking for. Apart from the obvious compliance factors there are also major productivity benefits and cost savings.