Employee Internet Management (EIM): Managing Employee Internet Access for Increased Productivity
Internet access is a key resource for your organisation, but it can also be a key vulnerability point. Inappropriate employee behaviour can expose your network to security threats and legal/regulatory liability, as well as impairing both productivity and system performance. To protect your business integrity, employee Internet management can monitor and detect policy violations across the full spectrum of Web-based content: IM, P2P, streaming media, file downloads and Web-based e-mail.
A recent report suggests that employees spend more than 200 hours a year surfing non-work-related Web sites. Furthermore, not only do employees spend almost 50 per cent of their browsing activity on personal Web sites, but also an astonishing three-quarter of all pornography, illegal software and music downloads and other non-business-related material is downloaded during work hours.
Some key benefits of EIM, also known as content-filtering, include:
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Control unwanted content on your network through content-filtering.
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Reduce recreational Internet surfing and increase employees’ productivity.
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Secure your network from Web-based threats.
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Limit the legal liability associated with pornographic or illegal file downloads.
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Manage Internet traffic to optimise network bandwidth.
Bulwark Systems can work with you to monitor network use and abuse actively, anywhere in your organisation. Our solutions provide unequalled protection from inbound and outbound malicious content, including spyware, adware, phishing and viruses, as well as catching inappropriate Web usage, including streaming media, file downloads, pornography and copyright violations.
Patch Management: Controlling your security through effective Patch Management
"Over 90% of security exploits are carried out through vulnerabilities for which there are known patches."
Source: Gartner Group
Bulwarks takes patch management seriously and can ensure that you are as up to date as possible on virtually any system and remain protected, no matter what changes occur in your environment.
It's a fact that a major risk to business security comes through un-patched software, be it the operating system itself or the software installed on it. Patch management plays a major part in your defence against internal and external threats to business.
An effective patch-management strategy and solutions allow you to manage security threats proactively by automating the collection, analysis and delivery of security patches throughout the enterprise. Automating this time-consuming process can significantly decrease the costs involved in securing an organisation from worms, viruses and other malicious threats.
In order to be truly effective, patch management must be consistently and continuously applied throughout the organisation, according to a well-defined process. The unfortunate reality about software in our complex world is that, even if a patch is correctly applied today, the same vulnerability may need to be readdressed tomorrow.
The actual patch-management strategy is as important as the physical application of the security updates to your systems. We ensures that your strategy slots into the operations of your business and that you have a streamlined and measured approach to the problems associated with remaining secure from further software exploits.
SPAM Management: Spam Management increases your Productivity and Security
Spam e-mail is a pain and detrimental to your organisation's productivity. Spam grows by the day and the threat grows with it, be it simply loss of productivity or the security implications which it brings. Spam brings a whole host of security concerns, owing to the potential exploitation of your staff or systems, be it through spyware, dangerous attachments, phishing or plain hoaxes.
Bulwarks can protect you from all of the risks associated with spam e-mail through effective spam management. In a matter of hours, you can be back in control of your e-mail systems, allowing for increases in productivity and a secured e-mail system.
