 SurfControl Instant Messaging Filter protects organisations against the security threat posed by instant messaging communications.
Instant message and peer-to-peer (P2P) communications – the latest in software applications your employees are using to communicate
over the Internet. SurfControl's Instant Message Filter can help your company manage these free and publicly available technologies and the risks associated with them, including:
- Virus infiltration
- Bandwidth consumption
- Legal liability
- Productivity loss
Understanding The Risk
All Internet content carries a risk. Though seemingly innocuous, instant message and P2P programs can allow destructive viruses to penetrate your network, in
addition to providing a backdoor for hackers to access your company's confidential information–and that of your customers.
You can also optimize your network performance by redirecting your bandwidth to more important business-related traffic instead of large
music files or unlicensed software downloads.
We help minimize your exposure to the legal liability resulting from inadvertent or intentional data leakage, the exchange of offensive
material, and copyright infringement.
Once you install our Instant Message Filter, you will see a marked improvement in employee productivity as more time is spent working
instead of chatting with friends and downloading files.
A Directed Response
As illustrated above, the rapid growth of public IM and P2P use by employees–often without IT administrators' knowledge–can be a serious detriment to your network. The
solution: SurfControl Instant Message Filter. We can protect your data and network by limiting or blocking access to unauthorized public IM and P2P programs, down to a
unique IP address, group, or sub-network.
With SurfControl Instant Message Filter, you can identify and intelligently manage all major public IM and P2P communications by selectively
blocking IM and P2P services, including:
Public IM Protocols
- AOL Instant Messenger
- MSN Messenger
- Yahoo Messenger
- ICQ
- Peer-to-Peer
Detailed Reporting
SurfControl Instant Message Filter reporting enables you to transparently monitor network activity and create comprehensive reports to your specifications. It is automated and
easy. You can even arrange to have users notified when their instant messages are blocked, and you can customize the message that is sent to them.
The Total Solution
SurfControl Instant Message Filter is a focused yet flexible tool designed to meet the immediate needs expressed by companies to stop the unauthorized use of public IM and P2P
file sharing–easily and cost-effectively.
SurfControl's ability to successfully identify and address Internet content risks has been proven in our industry-leading Web and Email filtering
solutions. Now SurfControl is expanding its total solution to comprise all of your Internet content risks. Whether these risks are introduced via the web, e-mail or public IM and P2P programs, SurfControl has you covered
with our multi-layered approach to stopping unwanted content.
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