Secure Web Gateway
Control for Over 4,500 Web 2.0 Applications
Today's Internet is dominated by connectivity and collaboration. As organizations and users alike are utilizing a combination of enterprise and publicly available tools, applications, and communities, the Internet and corporate networks are awash with Web 2.0 applications, such as social networks, instant messaging, VoIP, gaming, and sharing applications.
While traditional security tools, such as URL filtering, firewalls, and Intrusion Prevention Systems, continue to play an invaluable role in perimeter defenses, they do not provide for, secure, or manage these new, highly evasive applications. Designed specifically to communicate, these applications are capable of hopping from port to port, using encryption and non-standard protocols, and tunneling over HTTP to ensure a seamless end user experience.
An effective Web security solution for today's Internet must encompass a broad range of capabilities:
- Web 2.0 & Social Networking - control features and content posted to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, including logging and archiving; manage more than 4,500 Web 2.0 applications
- IM Security - manage and secure all public IM against inbound threats and information leakage to ensure compliance
- Web Filtering - monitor and control employee access to websites without impacting network performance or employee productivity
- Malware Prevention - stop spyware, rootkits, worms, and blended threats at the gateway before they can impact the business
- Peer-to-Peer Control - block inappropriate use of P2P networks that consume bandwidth and create legal exposure
- Skype Management - enforce usage policies by feature and version, log content sent, and apply disclaimers
Unified Security Gateway
Actiance delivers Web security through Unified Security Gateway (USG), the only Secure Web Gateway to combine feature and content controls of social networks with the monitoring, management, and security of Web 2.0 applications. Thus, applications such as instant messaging can be safely accessed via URL filtering, anti-malware, and Web anti-virus features. With USG, organizations can easily monitor, manage, and secure employee use of all Internet channels, implementing powerful policies that prevent inbound malware threats, minimize data leakage, and meet compliance requirements.
With USG, enterprises can:
- Moderate and record all content posted to Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
- Protect confidential information from leaving the organization over the Web and Web 2.0 channels
- Meet corporate and regulatory compliance requirements for real-time communications and Web 2.0 applications
- Reduce operational expenses by consolidating disparate Internet security solutions into a single, easy-to-manage, unified solution
- Gain insight into and improve decision-making about security issues and Internet usage through integrated real-time reporting and monitoring
- Increase manageability with centralized enforcement of all Internet usage over Web, IM, P2P, and Web 2.0 applications, including social networks, blogs, and webmail
- Monitor and control access to inappropriate websites that can waste company resources, create legal liability and compliance breaches, and waste valuable bandwidth
