SurfControl Mobile Filter

SurfControl threat expertise. SurfControl monitors new and emerging Internet threats around-the-clock and around the globe to deliver up-to-date protection via its constantly updated threat databases.

Secure content management. SurfControl Mobile Filter enables you to protect your organization’s business integrity through a best-of-breed solution that can monitor and detect policy violations across the full spectrum of Web-based content: IM, P2P, streaming media, file downloads and Webbased e-mail.

Customization. SurfControl Mobile Filter makes it possible to create policies based on many variables, including user profile, time-of-day or type of content being accessed.

Flexible deployment. SurfControl Mobile Filter makes it easy to offer filtering protection to mobile or remote users by extending the rules and reporting functionality from an internal instance of SurfControl Web Filter. Or use Mobile Filter singularly, configuring policy and reports for mobile users only.

Visibility through reporting. To manage your organization's Web usage effectively, you first need to understand it. Mobile Filter customers can utilize SurfControl’s superior reporting capabilities to provide full visibility into your organization's Web usage by delivering the information you need, when you need it, the way you want to see it.

Integrated management tools. SurfControl Mobile Filter streamlines administration by allowing you to manage your mobile users from the same interface that manages the users inside your network. The same SurfControl monitoring and reporting tools that allow administrators to track user activity inside the network, also make mobile users’ online activity visible.

SurfControl Mobile Filter is a key component of SurfControl’s suite of best-of-breed products and on-demand services delivering protection against Web, e-mail and malicious application threats.

Threat prevention. SurfControl Mobile Filter delivers protection on the client to stop threats before they can impact your network and your organization.

Return on Investment. The same rules, policies and administrative processes established to protect your internal Web users can be extended quickly and seamlessly to cover mobile users for added protection without increasing overhead.

• Virtual Control Agent – enables you to implement effective policy rules customized to the unique needs of your organization, with dynamic categorization of unknown websites.
• Internet Threat Database – features 54 focused categories and over 20 million URLs, including international and multi-cultural content, backed by threat experts with native language and cultural expertise. Continuous updates delivered automatically.

• Cross-pollination – SurfControl's Global Threat Experts analyze all Internet-borne threats stemming from Web, e-mail, spyware and other malicious applications, giving customers complete protection against today’s blended threats.

Customization. Tailor your filtering policies globally or granularly, depending on your organizational filtering requirements.

• Mobile user policy management – Rules can be customized for mobile usage, to differ from rules enforced while connected to the corporate network.
• Granular control – filtering can be customized by time of day, browse time or bandwidth allowance to meet the needs of different users and groups.

Define, enforce and manage your Internet security policy

Flexible deployment. Make secure, customized protection an integral part of your mobile infrastructure.

• Rapid installation – SurfControl Mobile Filter Server is installed on your organization’s network DMZ, and a ‘thin’ Mobile Filter Client is pushed out to each mobile user in the background.
• Tamper-proof – when mobile users access the Internet from outside of the corporate LAN, the Mobile Filter thin client securely communicates with the Mobile Filter server – no user intervention is possible.

Visibility through reporting. Gain an accurate picture of your organization’s Internet risks – and implement simple rules to minimize their impact on your network and your business.

• Report Central Dashboard – designated managers have instant access to key Web usage indicators such as summary & trend data, total hits and bandwidth by day, Top 10 protocols and categories and more.
• Drill-Down Manager – explore Web usage through an unlimited number of dynamically generated reports in graph or chart form, sorted by date, user, groups, categories, protocols and sites.
• Report Manager – choose from 60+ built-in report templates and select criteria such as user, group, time, date, category, site, or protocol. Multiple report file format options, multiple report delivery mechanisms and delegated access to specific reports aid distribution.

Integrated Management Tools. Integrate SurfControl Mobile Filter with your existing SurfControl Web Filter management and reporting consoles for comprehensive, streamlined administration.

• Uniform Policy Enforcement – integrated administration features to easily enforce your acceptable use policy with your entire organization, independent of when and where users are connecting to the Internet.

Make Web filtering a fully integrated part of a complete Internet security strategy backed by the industry’s most complete, flexible solution.

• Best – of – breed protection SurfControl Mobile Filter is one component of a suite of products and on-demand services delivering industry-leading protection against Web, e-mail and malicious application threats from every angle, including threats coming in via e-mail, IM and P2P – at the gateway, at the client and in the cloud.
• Dynamic protection – all SurfControl solutions leverage shared databases and the SurfControl Adaptive Threat Intelligence Service for dynamic protection against emerging threats no matter how they arrive.

• Secure reconnection – by preventing threats aimed at previously unprotected clients from entering your network, SurfControl Mobile Filter eliminates the time and expense associated with cleaning infected clients and the damage they can spread throughout your organization on reconnection to the network.

Return on Investment. Extend the value of your internal Internet security investment to mobile workers for even greater benefits.

• Cost-efficient administration – let IT administrators consistently apply your organization’s acceptable use policy to mobile users and interpret their behavior using tools they are already expert in.
• Rapid ROI – faster deployment and a smaller learning curve bring immediate protection for your resources, productivity and business integrity.

Bandwidth prioritization – ensures that business-related browsing gets primary access to the Internet. This means that business-critical Internet content is always accessible when you need it most.

Multiple, customizable deny pages – To keep users informed of your acceptable use policy, and to help them understand why access to certain material is restricted, SurfControl Mobile Filter lets you customize the Deny page displayed on a rule-by-rule basis.

E-mail notifications – Managers and administrators can be kept informed of inappropriate Internet usage through e-mail notifications that can be configured for each filtering rule.

Real-time monitor – provides you with an understanding of Internet traffic on your network, instantly and in real-time, so that if needed, remedial action can be taken swiftly.