Web content control can be approached from many different angles for example an Education establishment may wish to block web inbound web content with offensive language and racist / hate content whilst a corporate user may wish to block web content with confidential data, resumes and CV’s.
We also see many organisations with very tight email content security but still allow open access to webmail where data can easily slip out of an organisation.
Now with the advent of web 2.0 sites it is increasingly difficult to put a full block on an entire site; hence providing the ability to allow access to a discussion forum to enable productivity whilst being able to control content uploaded is essential in finding the right balance.
A comprehensive web content security solution should have the following functionality..
- Ability to integrate with a Directory structure for control and reporting.
- Ability to analyse web page content and to block / alert based on rules
- Provide a dynamic classification system for unrated sites
- Enable or disable rules based on schedules
- Control time or bandwidth usage based on pre-defined Quota’s
- Be able to inspect and filter HTTPS web content