We use WebSense currently and are happy with it, but are in the process of evaluating Kaspersky which now has web content filtering built into their corporate management product. The thing we really like about it is that is lives on the machine so it provides consistent protection regardless of which network users connect to. WebSense does a great job of protecting us when users are on our corporate network, but does no good when they go home with company laptops. The Kaspersky solution also does software installation and patch management and of course anti-malware as well as a few other things. We also like their patch management as it is based on Secunia so it patches products regardless of vendor. Overall, it appears to be a very promising solution to many problems, and at a significant cost savings. Tim
From: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: web filtering Around 200 users as not everyone is allowed access to the internet. Our firewall doesn't do any kind of web filtering. Good reporting must be an essential part of the product. I just got a request from a supervisor asking for a web usage report on all the people in Admitting and MI. Trying to glean that info from syslogs would be a nightmare. I've tried it before on a smaller scale and it was quite time consuming. The ability to customize for either user or machine, too. For example, we have a training room set up where people can go and do personal stuff like FB or ebay. So, being able to set a policy so training room pc's can get to those sites but block MI or MM pc's is also a requirement. ________________________________ From: paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk<mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: RE: web filtering Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:48:53 +0000 Our firewall has URL filtering which is provided by Brightcloud. Seems pretty effective. You've not mentioned user count or what your current firewall is, or what you're really trying to do (do you want lot of nice reports on normal activity or do you just want to block "bad stuff"?). FWIW you could use a DNS service like DYN and you'd get Barracuda's web filtering, so you have a ton of options from cheap to very expensive. Paul ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
