According to IT Threat Evolution: Q2 2013 over 90% of system attacks come from malicious URLs...
Without a good level of protection, it’s all too easy for business IT users to stray onto websites, which might appear safe, but can actually deliver a malicious payload to their computer. Besides the time and cost of cleaning up viruses and the loss of productivity from malware slowing down systems, there are bigger risks to consider. When passwords are stolen through a phishing attack, there can be devastating results for a business, including reputation damage, data breach and loss of intellectual property.
So it is essential to keep users safe and to protect your business from this fast-growing area of web-based security threats. Yet with an ever-mobile, non-centralised workforce this is not as straightforward as it sounds...
So how can a busy IT Administrator provide an affordable, effective means of web protection that they don't need to constantly stay on top of?
A new service - Web Protection - has just been added to the GFI Cloud platform to augment the multi-layer security services offered to protect your network and your users.
Web Protection in GFI Cloud delivers extensive, web security across your distributed workforce. Within minutes of starting with the service, your servers, PCs and laptops on the move, are protected from websites pushing malware, phishing sites, proxies, spyware and adware, botnets, and SPAM.
With no dedicated server and no proxies to configure, the easy to use web-based management console allows you to quickly gain control of user web browsing. By applying web content filtering policies across more than 80 website categories GFI Web Protection helps users to stay productive and protects your business from legal liability.
There are also real-time graphical reports and automated notifications that let you stay on top of bandwidth consumption; you can address issues quickly before loss of productivity or unwanted costs are incurred.
Take a quick 2 minute product tour of GFI Cloud Web Protection below:
With Web Protection in the GFI Cloud platform, browsing controls are automatically and intelligently applied from install; ensuring the right protection is in place for each device type – servers, workstations and laptops, whether they are in the office, on the road, or in a user’s home office. Easily configured policies keep the management burden light; coordinating security categories to be blocked and defining and policing time-based browsing rules.
Being simple to set up and maintain, GFI Cloud Web Protection puts you in control of web security and URL filtering.
If your need to web security and protection points to an on-premise solution then you'll be pleased to know that GFI has a mature, award-winning alternative in the form of GFI WebMonitor. Find out more about this GFI Web Monitor on-premise solution here and try it for yourself for 30 days.