Business Solutions

Content Filtering:

Your employees are busy on their computers all day long but are you sure their using their time productively?  Having a high-speed internet connection without bounds is tempting for even the most trusted of employees who may stray from their work to check their personal email, do a little internet shopping, or update their MySpace profile.  These small “time-wasters” can quickly multiply and hinder the performance of your employees.

The waste of time described above may be the least of your worries when your organization doesn’t have a proper content filter. Many of today’s most malicious spyware and viruses originate from careless internet browsing habits and can find their way into your critical business systems.  These small pieces of malicious code can slow your internet connections, record your keystrokes, steal your password data, or even take control of your PC.  In August of 2007, there were almost 12,000 new malicious websites discovered daily!  Without the proper protection from these threats, it’s inevitable that your users will stumble upon malicious code that infects your computer systems.

To combat wasted time and these advanced threats, you need an effective content filtering solution.  These solutions discover potentially dangerous websites and block your users from accessing them in addition to providing you with powerful reporting on your employees’ browsing habits.

KTS recommends Websense® brand content-control software as the most effective content-filtering solution.  Websense® software running in your organization can be configured to provide the following benefits:

• Monitors employee browsing habits
• Produces intuitive, graphical reports of employee browsing that can be drilled-down to show data on risk class, category, URL, application, user, and much more.
• Provides constant updates from the Websense® Security Labs which uses its patent ThreatSeeker™ technology to scan approximately 600 million websites per week to find security threats.  The Websense® Security Labs has been the first to discover some of the world’s most effective malware outbreaks.
• Provides customizable options for blocking content by URL, category, time of day, etc.
• Can extend protection to the client PCs to ensure that they meet your qualification before being allowed to access the network.  This includes having an up-to-date antivirus solution installed, the latest Windows updates, and no existing infections.
• Can be used to prevent the use of removable storage devices which may be used to remove business data from your building.

KTS is excited to offer your business a free short-term trial of Websense® enterprise products.  A demonstration server will be installed in your environment and configured to monitor your employees’ browsing habits to produce a custom report showing the threats faced by your users daily in addition to identifying time wasted on irresponsible browsing habits.  Contact us for this valuable in-house demonstration and start protecting yourself today!