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Julian Martin Director of Channel Development, UK and Ireland

Julian Martin Director of Channel Development, UK and Ireland. Who is SurfControl ?. A dedicated manufacturer of Web & e-mail Internet Filtering software. Ranked # 1 global market leader in the Employee Internet Management (EIM) sector * IDC Report. The Filtering Company.

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Julian Martin Director of Channel Development, UK and Ireland

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  1. Julian Martin Director of Channel Development, UK and Ireland

  2. WhoisSurfControl? A dedicated manufacturer ofWeb & e-mail Internet Filtering software Ranked # 1 global market leader in the Employee Internet Management (EIM) sector *IDC Report

  3. The Filtering Company • A worldwide 24 hour operation • Over 450 people in 8 offices

  4. “All Internet content you send, read or receive carries a risk”

  5. What is Internet Filtering? Internet Filtering is a method of using technology to help you implement a safe and manageable Internet ‘Acceptable Use Policy’ in order to protect against inappropriate content and cases of misuse and/or abuse

  6. Why do you need Internet Filtering? Can you tell the difference between an Internet business user and an Internet ABUSER?

  7. FilteringIt’s not just aboutPORNOGRAPHY!!!It’s about Understandingand Managing the Risks ofInternet Content

  8. Also it’s NOT just about Viruses and Disclaimers

  9. ‘Infamous’ Content Events • Britannia Building Society take disciplinary actionagainst 9 staff for ‘amusing’ e-mail • C&W 6 staff fired for gross misconduct by e-mail • 3 Ford workers suspended over allegations of porn ring • Orange dismiss staff for ‘inappropriate use’ • Norwich Union fined £450,000 e-mail defamation • Cisco e-mail all employees final results • British Gas £101,000 settlement • Chevron settled $2.2M to an employee for “Why Beer is Better than Women”

  10. Why do you need Filtering software? 29% of professionals know someone that their current employer has punished or reprimanded for sending inappropriate e-mails ‘Behaviour in the workplace survey’, Vault, July 2001

  11. Why do you need Filtering software? 2 out of 3 UK organisations have had a virus attack via email even though 95% haveAnti Virus software installed A Vanson Bourne report for Interliant, 2001

  12. UK’s only e-mail survey in the Workplace • National Findings: • 53% of employees behave “e-morally“ • 38% of workers user email as political tool • Almost 30% admit to sending offensive e-mails • - London & Manchester worst offenders

  13. Impacts of Non-relevantWeb & e-mail usage

  14. Cost of non-business Surfing Hourly Employee Cost (inc. overheads) £25 Average daily non-business browsing 1 hour No of Employees 1000 Daily Cost £25,000 Weekly Cost £125,000 Annual Cost £6,000,000

  15. Network Costs “If the infrastructure becomes overloaded the business slows and then stops” Available Solutions: £Increase Infrastructure £Reduce non-business traffic

  16. Network Costs A 5Mb attachment of a Joke screensaver consumes the same bandwidth as 160 plain text e-mails

  17. Legal/Reputation • Sexual Harassment • ‘Their Views are the Company’s Views’

  18. Security Threats • External threat - solution: perimeter firewall • Internal Threat - accounts for 70% of risk • It’s about reducing vulnerability

  19. Web OR E-mail Filtering is only Half the Solution! SurfControl provides the FULL SOLUTION!

  20. Total Solution Worldwide Web and E-mail filtering market -Source: IDC, 2002

  21. Policy Based Control Specify access by - Time surfed or- Data amount “Simple Rules Engine which gives the power to define who can do what, when and how”

  22. Multiple Deny Pages Link each rule to related place in the company’s online AUP

  23. Real-time Monitor • Immediately see who’s surfing where • Colour-coded categories for easy ID Extensive Reporting

  24. Reporting • 60+ reports, easily customised • Scheduled, on-demand, via Web or PC access • Output formats: e-mail, Word, Excel, PDF, printer

  25. SurfControl Web Filter 5.5 million sites 900 million pages 40 categories 130 subcategories 65 languages (200 countries) 35,000 new sites added per week

  26. Web Filter - Platforms • Microsoft NT/2000 (Sniffer)unique to SurfControl • Microsoft Proxy • Microsoft ISA • Checkpoint Firewall 1 • Novell BorderManager 3.7 • VS for Solaris/Linux UNIX

  27. How e-mail is processed • Disassembled and Scanned for Virus and Phrases • Files are decompressed • Default Scanning is for Text and Virus • Additional specialised scanning can be added Add a Footer or Reply to Sender The message is Checked against all Enabled Rules Delete Allow Delay E-mail Is Deposited into ‘Send’ Queue Isolate

  28. Policy Administration Easy-to-use Rules Administrator. Customer can create and implement own rules. Customer can set and reset rule criteria. Rules can be applied to groups or individuals.

  29. Anti-Spam Agent Recognises tell-tale signatures of spam. Discard or Quarantine suspected spam. 100% accuracy and efficiency. Deals with spam before users have to.

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