SurfControl, the world`s number one Web and e-mail filtering company, today announced that its SurfControl Web Filter is the first Web filtering product in the industry to receive certification from the ICSA Labs` Secure Internet Filtering Technologies (SIFT) consortium.
The ICSA Labs SIFT Certification program is a comprehensive process that tests, assesses and validates whether Internet filtering and management products meet the security needs of corporate users. ICSA Labs is an independent division of TruSecure Corporation.
"Security threats are growing more complex and more sophisticated, so businesses` weapons against them need to be more sophisticated as well. SurfControl Web Filter is the most advanced Internet access management tool available to help corporations strengthen network security and better manage Internet resources," said Kelly Haggerty, SurfControl`s senior vice-president of global product management.
"We`re very pleased to receive this distinctive honour from ICSA Labs, as it further demonstrates to our customers that SurfControl Web Filter meets the industry`s highest standards of excellence."
To achieve ICSA Labs` SIFT Certification, SurfControl Web Filter demonstrated the ability to provide appropriate monitoring, management, blocking and filtering activities, while not interfering with or disabling desirable Internet functional activities. The product was also evaluated on the basis of its capabilities to produce appropriate logs and reports of user activities.
"ICSA Labs is very pleased to announce SurfControl as the first product to achieve SIFT Web filtering certification," said George Japak, vice-president of ICSA Labs. "The explosive growth of the Internet for business use requires that security products monitor and enforce corporate Internet acceptable use policies, which provide the necessary protection for corporate assets, as well as protection for users from any legal liability."
SurfControl Web Filter provides the most flexible and powerful tool for managing Internet access within the enterprise. SurfControl Web Filter`s Virtual Control Agent (VCA) option provides expert content filtering and expanded site coverage to increase user productivity, optimise network bandwidth, increase security and limit legal liability. VCA dynamically categorizes new Web content putting relevant, specific and up-to-date content filtering in the hands of each organisation. VCA`s dynamic categorization combined with SurfControl`s URL Category List provides the most comprehensive and accurate Internet management solution available.
SurfControl Web Filter, including a subscription to the full category list, is priced at approximately R230 per user, based on installation of 100 users. Discounts also are available for resellers and larger organizations and when sold in combination with SurfControl E-mail Filter. SurfControl Web Filter typically delivers a positive ROI within just a few hours. Companies curious about how much money they may be losing to casual Internet usage can get an estimate of the waste in less than a minute using SurfControl`s ROI calculator at http://www.surfcontrol.com/resources/roi_calculator.aspx.
SurfControl and local distributor, Networks Unlimited are to be holding a series of FREE Secure Content Management seminars in Johannesburg and Cape Town, during the week of 3 to 6 March. To obtain further details or to register, please e-mail screg@netunlim.co.za, or watch the local press for further details. (www.netunlim.co.za)
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