Internet content filtering for businesses

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Why use SurfProtect^® in your workplace?

Content filtering is a simple solution for ensuring that your business and its employees are accessing only the content you want them to.

Perhaps the most obvious reason you might want to use some form of content filtering is to combat lost productivity. Most employers will be aware and perhaps vigilant of the working hours estimated to be lost each year due to employees abusing their internet connection for personal use, but even innocent usage can have an adverse effect on a business.

Visiting news sites at lunch, for example, may be acceptable behaviour, but the trend towards video reports replacing text could still impact on your FTP uploads. Take the general increase in availability of high quality video streams or the expected demand during the upcoming Olympics into account, and a filtering solution may become the best alternative to a faster, more expensive internet connection.

Just as important for businesses looking for the most cost effective solution, SurfProtect^® is free when used with any Exa Networks network connectivity product.

Protect against liability

Every company has a legal obligation to protect its employees from harmful or distressing material. Should an employee be made to work in an environment where they feel threatened or discriminated against, then the company may be held responsible

The viewing of pornography in the workplace can constitute sexual harassment and, even in cases caused by viruses, malware or nuisance popups, it's easy to see how significant cost can be incurred and reputations damaged. Content filtering can help reduce the risk of liability, and SurfProtect^® can prove more effective here than many other solutions, since there's no service running on your local network for a virus to bypass.

There are, of course, other threats to guard against. Whether you need to restrict sites pushing violence or hate speech, illegal software or dating, our category based blocking will help you create and manage an appropriate environment for your workplace.

Complete transparency

There are no requirements for any specific equipment or software in your office or home network. In fact, if your internet connectivity is already provided by Exa Networks then we can activate it for you on request.

Crucially, this means that there's no system configuration for you to set up and maintain. By shifting your content filtering solution to the internet connection, you reduce your workload and help ensure nothing slips through the cracks.

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